A bit of a strange bird list this week as we ran out of time and didn't complete the usual circuit - so we missed all the ducks on Lighthouse Pond; partly due to rain, but also partly due to the fact that there was just so many migrants passing over first thing.
A little bunch of sparrows at the parking lot included some smart White-crowned Sparrows and a brief Clay-colored Sparrow, Surf and Black Scoters scooted by offshore and all the while, great droves of Yellow-rumped Warblers moved through in waves. At the start of the Blue Trail, we struggled to pick out a couple of Pine Siskins, lurking in an oak tree as the rain started; then the birds flew out and suddenly there was a flock of about 40 Pine Siskins feeding on Giant Sunflower seed.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 10/20/10
Number of species: 59
Canada Goose 1
Mute Swan 9
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal 12
Surf Scoter 30
Black Scoter 45
Surf/Black Scoter 30
Ruddy Duck 23
Northern Gannet 3
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 1
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Merlin 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 5
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull (American) 10
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Royal Tern 20
Black Skimmer 150
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 1000
Carolina Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 350
European Starling 40
American Pipit 10
Cedar Waxwing 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 500
Palm Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 12
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 120
Brown-headed Cowbird 30
House Finch 15
Pine Siskin 40
American Goldfinch 120
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
