Sunset Birding at the Meadows - Friday, October 8 2010

Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 10/8/10
Notes: CMBO Sunset Birding at the Meadows Walk-KL,C&MJS,K&RH,DL,+15.Clr,68,W9. Cool evening and lots of birds...Yellow-rumped Warblers still the most common. Two Soras calling, lots of ducks and Merlins hunting for an evening snack.
Number of species: 50

Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 15
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 20
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 25
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 12
Brown Pelican 1
Double-crested Cormorant 81
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Cattle Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 3
Merlin 5
Peregrine Falcon 1
Sora 2 heard
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Sanderling 50
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Royal Tern 8
Black Skimmer 150
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 6
Northern Flicker 6
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 3
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Palm Warbler 10
Common Yellowthroat 3
Savannah Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Eastern Meadowlark 1
House Sparrow 3