Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 11/1/10
Notes: CMBO Birding the Meadows with Pete
Dunne.-PD,KL,C&MJS,SW,JC,CB,BS,MH,NW,+18.Clr,38,NW10. Lots of raptors
including 2 Bald and 1 Golden Eagle right over head. Lots of ducks
including the 1st of year Bufflehead for many. Among the gulls were 2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the beach.
Number of species: 59
Brant 6
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 15
Gadwall 10
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 5
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal 20
Surf/Black Scoter 50
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 8
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 20
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Golden Eagle 1
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 15
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 25
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 6
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 10
Tree Swallow 75
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 15
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
American Pipit 1 heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 25
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 25
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 1
