Location: Cape May Point
Observation date: 1/29/11
Notes: CMBO Cape May Point Walk-KL,SW,DL,MH,+1.Clr,30°,W8. Some open
water on the ponds provided good looks at Mallards and Am. Wigeon, with a
few others like Ring-necked, Ruddy, Pintail, Hooded Merganser, and Shoveler.
Saw a perched Red-shouldered Hawk while hearing another, but the highlight
was a young Merlin on a pole plucking a recently caught female Blackbird.
Number of species: 45
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 40
Mallard 15
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 8
Ring-necked Duck 3
Hooded Merganser 10
Ruddy Duck 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 /p heard 1 & saw another
Merlin 1 eating female blackbird
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Purple Sandpiper 8
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 12
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 35
Downy Woodpecker 1 heard
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard
Carolina Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 1 heard
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 10
Fox Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 26
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 10
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 15
