Wednesday's meadows walk was windy and threatening rain with a beautiful sunset. The Merlins were entertaining with one perched affording great views for all. A wide variety of ducks and a pair of calling Soras, capped off by a low flying Common Nighthawk made it an enjoyable evening of birding.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Meadows)
Observation date: 10/6/10
Number of species: 29
Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 3
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 12
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Merlin 5
Sora 2
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 12
Mourning Dove 2
Common Nighthawk 1
Tree Swallow 35
Northern Mockingbird 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 14
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
