Evening at the Meadows - Friday, October 10 2010

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 10/1/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-KL,C&MJS,KH,+15.Clearing,68,NW10.Clearing and NW winds brought a small Merlin > flight, good ducks, and a few shorebirds.
Number of species: 42

Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 40
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 10
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Snowy Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Merlin 7
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Sanderling 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Forster's Tern 1
Royal Tern 15
Black Skimmer 100 skimming & on 2nd ave beach
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 5
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 1