This was a strange walk as the threat of rain and gusty SW winds kept migrants to a minimum. Even so, we enjoyed a good passage of Northern Gannets, Royal Terns and scoter offshore, two Peregrines sat and sulked on the beach and Lighthouse Pond did us proud with a great range of ducks.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 10/27/10
Number of species: 48
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 40
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 210
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 12
Northern Pintail 22
Green-winged Teal 20
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 21
Surf Scoter 35
Black Scoter 30
Surf/Black Scoter 50
Ruddy Duck 42
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
Peregrine Falcon 4
Common Moorhen 1
American Coot 14
Killdeer 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull (American) 60
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 200
Royal Tern 80
Black Skimmer 120
Rock Pigeon 12
Northern Flicker 6
Tree Swallow 40
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 300
European Starling 55
Yellow-rumped Warbler 35
Field Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
