Cape May Point - Saturday, March 12, 2011

Clear, cool and breezy. Still a nice variety of ducks. Also lots of fairly close Northern Gannets and scoters moving. New for the year for many was the lone Piping Plover on the beach.

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 3/12/11
Notes: CMBO Cape May Point Walk-KL,K&RH,WC,S&KW,CB,TP,+8.Clr,45°,W12.
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 15
Northern Shoveler 6
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 5
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 15
Black Scoter 10
Long-tailed Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 4
Red-throated Loon 2
Northern Gannet 30
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Northern Harrier 1
Piping Plover 1
Killdeer 1
Wilson's Snipe 3
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 12
Mourning Dove 6
Downy Woodpecker 1 heard
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1 heard
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 40
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1 heard
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 15
House Finch 1 heard
House Sparrow 1

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A fine flotilla of Ring-necked Ducks at the state park this morning [Photo by Karl Lukens]