Location:     Cape May Point SP
Observation date:     11/13/10
Notes:     Final Hawks, Trails, & Beach; C&MJS, JC, CB, KL, K&RH; Sunny, calm, high 60s.  The final walk of the season began with excellent views of the Ash-throated Flycatcher. There was a nice assortment of ducks on both parts of Lighthouse Pond including good looks at the Eurasian Wigeon. Lucy the Leucistic Redtail posed for us in a tree.
Number of species:     52
Canada Goose     30
Mute Swan     20
Gadwall     24
Eurasian Wigeon     1
American Wigeon     50
American Black Duck     10
Mallard     20
Northern Shoveler     8
Northern Pintail     10
Green-winged Teal     40
Ring-necked Duck     6
Hooded Merganser     2
Ruddy Duck     8
Red-throated Loon     1
Pied-billed Grebe     3
Double-crested Cormorant     4
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1     Lucy the Leucistic Redtail
Merlin     1
American Coot     24
Sanderling     20
Ring-billed Gull     8
Herring Gull     5
Lesser Black-backed Gull     1
Great Black-backed Gull     20
Rock Pigeon     4
Mourning Dove     3
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     5
Ash-throated Flycatcher     1     Close look in good light
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     12
Tree Swallow     25
Carolina Chickadee     10
Red-breasted Nuthatch     3
Carolina Wren     4
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     3
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     15
Yellow-rumped Warbler     15
Song Sparrow     2
Swamp Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     2
Dark-eyed Junco     5
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Baltimore Oriole     1
House Finch     5
American Goldfinch     10
 
