It was a beautiful fall day with a good assortment of birds to admire as we walked around the trails in Cape May Point State Park. Shortly after we began, we were surprised by a close flyover American Bittern which seemingly headed towards Lighthouse Pond. However, we were unable to find it on arrival, but good looks at a variety of ducks, including a male Eurasian Wigeon, was a good substitute. Other highlights on today's walk included frequent views of Sharp-shinned Hawks, Black Skimmers flying in formation back and forth over the ocean, and an extended interaction between a Mute Swan in threat posture chasing the Black Swan around one of the plover ponds.
41 species
Canada Goose 26
Mute Swan 18
Gadwall 24
Eurasian Wigeon 2 Continuing
American Wigeon 42
Mallard 26
Northern Shoveler 14
Northern Pintail 12
Green-winged Teal 22
Ring-necked Duck 8
Ruddy Duck 4
Double-crested Cormorant 4
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9
American Coot 16
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Black Skimmer 16
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 6
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 18
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 24
White-throated Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 10
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 38
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
