Location: Cape May - Hidden Valley Ranch
Observation date: 9/23/10
Notes: Seeing 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos and a Connecticut Warbler on the same
walk was a treat on the Hidden Valley walk this morning.
Number of species: 42
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 1 in field across New England Rd. oppoaite parking lot
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper's Hawk 2
Merlin 1
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 12
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 20
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 35 large group mobbing something in woods at back of first
field
Fish Crow 2 heard only
Tree Swallow 1 leader only
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard only
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 8
European Starling 15
Palm Warbler 6
Northern Waterthrush 2
Connecticut Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Field Sparrow 11
Northern Cardinal 10
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 100
Red-winged Blackbird 20
American Goldfinch 5
