Dave Lord et. al. report
"Today was the penultimate walk at the Meadows, and though we were fighting 40 mph gust for most of the walk, everyone went away happy. From the parking lot we had a Cooper's Hawk harassing a Sharp-shin, and plenty of Black Vultures up before the sun. On the beach, we had wonderful views of American Pipits, two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and a crippling sighting of a Snow Bunting. Other highlights include a Cave Swallow and a distant Fox Sparrow flyby."
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Meadows)
Observation date: 11/8/10
Notes: CMBO's penultimate Monday Morning Meadows Walk of 2010. Pete Dunne, Chuck and Mary Jane Slugg, Karl Lukens, Steve Weiss, Warren Cairo, Dave Lord +4 hearty walkers
Number of species: 53
Canada Goose 45
Mute Swan 20
Gadwall 17
American Black Duck 2
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 325
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 9
Green-winged Teal 480
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 12
Hooded Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 27
Red-throated Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Still appeared to have pied bill
Northern Gannet 225 Quite close to shore
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 16 Many pre-walk; two sitting on house with porch
Turkey Vulture 8
Northern Harrier 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Cooper's Hawk 1 Chasing a sharpie
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 5
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 12
Killdeer 1 Heard
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 230
Herring Gull 75
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 175
Mourning Dove 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Tree Swallow 14
Cave Swallow 1
Eastern Bluebird X Heard
American Robin 22
European Starling X
American Pipit 14 Great looks on beach
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 152
Savannah Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Snow Bunting 1 FOS
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 245
Rusty Blackbird 2
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 25
Pine Siskin 13
American Goldfinch 80
House Sparrow X
