Chuck & MJ Slugg et. al. report:
Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 10/2/10
Notes: The Hawks, Trails, and Beach walk enjoyed a variety of species
including a raptor show overhead and a small pocket of woodpeckers and
sapsuckers.
Number of species: 60
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 30
Blue-winged Teal 20
Northern Shoveler 6
Green-winged Teal 8
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 80
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 12
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Cooper's Hawk 8
Broad-winged Hawk 3
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 10
Peregrine Falcon 2
Killdeer 1
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Royal Tern 30
Black Skimmer 100
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 12
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 1000
Carolina Chickadee 6
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 20
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 15
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Pine Warbler 4
Palm Warbler (Western) 12
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 15
