It was a wonderful morning for our last Birding Cape May Point walk of the season. The large Robin movement we have been enjoying the past few days continued as we explored the point. There was a migration of Great-blue Herons, with 16 spotted throughout the walk, and many of those heading out over the Delaware Bay. Up at the Coral Avenue beach access we had great looks at close Northern Gannets, Surf & Black Scoters, Red-throated Loons, flyover Common Loons, as well as close Cave Swallows and a young, male Common Eider. On our walk to Lake Lily we had a Wilson's Snipe flyover, as well as a small group of Pine Siskins and American Pipits. Our last stop at Lighthouse Pong gave us the usual smattering of ducks, along with an Eastern Meadowlark, a hunting Northern Harrier, and foraging Kinglets.
A huge thank you to our participants who have made this fall so memorable and to our fearless volunteer leaders who made it so fun!
Leaders: Margeaux Maerz, Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, Steve Weis, Mary Watkins, and Sam Wilson.
64 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 26
Mute Swan 5
Gadwall 38
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 34
Mallard 28
Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal 8
Ring-necked Duck 45
Greater Scaup 4
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 84
Black Scoter 120
Ruddy Duck 6
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 5
Northern Gannet 26
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 16
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Coot 9
Killdeer 3
Sanderling 8
Dunlin 4
Purple Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull X
Royal Tern 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 8
Cave Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 35
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling X
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 65
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 8
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 1
House Finch 6
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 28
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
