Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, January 9th, 2016

The weather was mild in the high 40's. Lily Lake sported some Ring-necked Ducks, Double-crested Cormorant, and Great Blue Heron. The local texting bird alert told us there were two American White Pelicans and an American Bittern on the second plover pond at the State Park. These are unusual birds this time of year so we headed over and found them with a Tundra Swan. Leaders: Roger Horn and Karl Lukens.
42 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  2
Tundra Swan  1
Gadwall  17
American Wigeon  40
Mallard  18
Northern Shoveler  10
Ring-necked Duck  16
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  1
Black Scoter  14
Surf/Black Scoter  4
Bufflehead  6
Hooded Merganser  8
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  5
Northern Harrier  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull (American)  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Mourning Dove  9
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  4
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  36
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  20
Cedar Waxwing  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  30
White-throated Sparrow  7
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Red-winged Blackbird  60
Common Grackle  75
House Finch  20
House Sparrow  20

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

White Pelicans [Photo by Karl Lukens] 

Tundra Swan [Photo by Karl Lukens]

American Bittern [Photo by Roger Horn]