[The big gull line up: left to right, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull. Taken by Karl Lukens on today's meadows walk. Click to enlarge.]
Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 10/25/10Notes: CMBO Monday Meadows Walk. PD,Df,C&MJS,KL,JC,DL,MH,NW. Partly cloudy, light southwest, good scoter movement and morning flight early.
Number of species: 60
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 10
Wood Duck 10
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 5
Mallard 20
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 15
Green-winged Teal 250
Surf Scoter 25
Black Scoter 200
Ruddy Duck 10
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 400
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 4
American Coot 4
Sanderling 50
Dunlin 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 100
Royal Tern 20
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 8
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 25
Tree Swallow 200
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 200
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 200
American Pipit 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 200
Palm Warbler 10
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Savannah Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Eastern Meadowlark 10
Purple Finch 10
House Finch 40
Pine Siskin 10
American Goldfinch 20
House Sparrow 5
