Location: Cape May Point
Observation date: 12/11/10
Notes: CMBO Cape May Point Walk-KL,K&RH,+6.Cldy,29-40 deg.,E5. Most ducks were on Lily Lake , the only open water around. Feeders around the pont were good with Pine Siskin and Purple Finch being seen. Over head a Harrier and 2 Red-shouldered Hawks formed a 3 bird kettle.
Number of species: 64
Snow Goose 2
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 35
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 35
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 12
Green-winged Teal 6
Ring-necked Duck 10
Black Scoter 3
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 8
Red-throated Loon 2
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 5
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Merlin 1
American Coot 5
Killdeer 2
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 11
Purple Sandpiper 1
Bonaparte's Gull 80
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 /p
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 10
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1 heard
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 35
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1 heard
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 8
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 10
[Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker found during the walk.]
