Kathy Roye-Horn et. al. report:
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Point SP (CMPSP)
Observation date: 10/23/10
Notes: After a chilly start to the day, it was warm and sunny for the Hawks, Beaches and Trails walk at the State Park Saturday afternoon. Ducks put on a show with 10 species that included 40 ruddy ducks and a redhead. Yellow-rumped warblers flitted back and forth across the paths, palm warblers pumped obligingly on fence wires and views of white-crowned outnumbered those of white-throated sparrows.
Number of species: 61
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 21
American Wigeon 30
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 35
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 6
Northern Pintail 12
Green-winged Teal 15
Redhead 1
Ruddy Duck 40
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Double-crested Cormorant 147
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Merlin 1
American Coot 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Sanderling 18
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 52
Black Skimmer 40
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 11
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 5
Tree Swallow 9
Carolina Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 64
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 60
Palm Warbler (Western) 14
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 11
White-throated Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 13
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 7
American Goldfinch 47
Leaders: Kathy & Roger, Janet, Cindy
