Location: South Cape May Meadows
Observation date: 3/28/11
Notes: CMBO Meadows Walk with Pete Dunne-PD,KL,WC,+3.PtlySunny,32°,NW12.
Cold with NW breeze. Good variety of ducks including drake Blue-winged Teal. A few Northern Gannets and many Red-throated Loons offshore and a Lesser Black-backed Gull along the beach. Also sitting on the beach a nice Merlin. A "Gray Ghost" gave us good looks over the meadows.
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 15
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 25
Surf Scoter 4
Black Scoter 20
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Red-throated Loon 15
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 5
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 8
Northern Harrier 4 one 'Gray Ghost'
Merlin 1
Wilson's Snipe 10 up & down-spooked by Harrier
Bonaparte's Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Herring Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 5
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 1
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