Cape May Point - Wednesday, November 3, 2010

After all the madness of the huge fall of migrants over the weekend, today's walk felt very quiet, yet we totalled 69 species! Ducks did us proud, especially the two Eurasian Wigeon and an unexpected White-winged Scoter off St Mary's. The leucisitc (very pale!) Red-tailed Hawk showed well and we had a close encounter with a Tundra Swan who seemed to be hiding from the Mute Swan bullies.

Location: Cape Island--Cape May Pt.
Observation date: 11/3/10
Number of species: 69

Fine views were had of Red-tailed Hawks on the morning walk today, including this bird by the Plover Ponds (note the band)....

....and this one in the back woods, right by the trail.

A lone Tundra Swan was seen at two different locations during our walk; here at the Plover Ponds. [Photos by Karl Lukens]

Brant 1
Mute Swan 6
Tundra Swan 1
Wood Duck 9
Gadwall 35
Eurasian Wigeon 2
American Wigeon 120
Mallard 25
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 15
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 10
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 20
Surf/Black Scoter 50
Ruddy Duck 30
Red-throated Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Northern Gannet 5
Double-crested Cormorant 55
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 8
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 6
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Royal Tern 10
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 8
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 50
Carolina Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 200
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 120
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 80
Eastern Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 1
Song Sparrow 15
Swamp Sparrow 25
White-throated Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 20
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 12

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