[Sunset at the meadows Friday night. Photo by Karl Lukens.]
Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 10/15/10
Notes: CMBO Sunset Birding at the Meadows-KL,C&MJS,WC,KH,+12.Clr,60,W18. Windy and cool but a nice assortment of ducks and numerous Merlin dashing about. Lots of Tree Swallows and a surprise Cattle Egret fly-over.
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 10
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 12
Green-winged Teal 20
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Cattle Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 5
American Coot 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 30
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Royal Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 500
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Savannah Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Sparrow 5
