CMBO Birding Cape May Point Walk. Cold and windy but some open areas on the local ponds contained a nice variety of ducks including one of the Eurasian Wigeons. The Tundra Swans are still on Bunker Pond, and a White-crowned Sparrow was feeding under the Hawk Watch Platform. Sunny sheltered areas had sparrows and a Hermit Thrush. Coral Ave. jetty had a dozen Purple Sandpipers although you could see only 3-4 at a time - the count came as they flew to another jetty. - Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, Steve Weis, Tom Parsons.
Location: Cape May Point
Observation date: 1/9/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-K,K&RH,SW,T.Clr,24,WNW12.
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 8
Tundra Swan 6
Gadwall 40
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 35
Mallard 35
Northern Shoveler 8
Ring-necked Duck 6
Ruddy Duck 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 7
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 10
Sanderling 2
Purple Sandpiper 12
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 500
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 10
