Chuck and MJ Slugg report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 9/28/10
Notes: Three intrepid birders joined us on a very rainy morning to stroll the Red Trail, survey the beach, and check out Bunker Pond. We were rewarded with 2 Bald Eagles, 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, and a Parasitic Jaeger along with a variety of other species.
Number of species: 50
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 11
Wood Duck 7
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 16
Mallard 24
Blue-winged Teal 30
Northern Shoveler 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 10
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Killdeer 1 heard only
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern 3
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer X
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 3
Northern Flicker 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 4 heard only
Fish Crow 6 heard only
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Carolina Wren 3 heard only
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 15
Yellow Warbler 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
