Location:     Cape May Point
Observation date:     12/4/10
Notes:     CMBO Cape May Point Walk.-KL,K&RH,SW,+4.Clr,34°,NW12. Cold and breezy, but the ducks provided good viewing. Wigeons, Gadwall, Shovelers, Ruddy, and Ring-necked were numerous, but the Eurasian Wigeon was not found. Passerines were more difficult to find but a few at local feeders gave us good looks.
Number of species:     47
Canada Goose     10
Mute Swan     10
Gadwall     25
American Wigeon     50
American Black Duck     1
Mallard     25
Blue-winged Teal     2
Northern Shoveler     15
Northern Pintail     10
Green-winged Teal     50
Ring-necked Duck     8
Black Scoter     1
Long-tailed Duck     2
Hooded Merganser     4
Ruddy Duck     6
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Northern Gannet     8
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Great Egret     2
Turkey Vulture     8
Northern Harrier     4
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
American Coot     20
Ruddy Turnstone     1
Bonaparte's Gull     1
Herring Gull     4
Great Black-backed Gull     5
Rock Pigeon     10
Mourning Dove     10
Northern Flicker     5
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     10
Carolina Chickadee     2
Red-breasted Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     1
American Robin     3
Northern Mockingbird     3
European Starling     15
Fox Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     1
Dark-eyed Junco     5
Northern Cardinal     6
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Purple Finch     3
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     6
House Sparrow     25
 
