Cape May Point State Park - Wednesday, October 5th 2011

Ducks are beginning to build up on the state park ponds and jaegers continue to harass the gull flocks offshore. Three Eurasian Collared Doves were a nice surprise as they flew along the beach, though it's hard to know whether it was three birds from the point which may have started to wander a little more, or whether they were three newcomers. Raptors were up early and we were presented with a nice run of American Kestrels along the dunes and plenty of Sharp-shinned Hawks.
66 species

Brant 1
Canada Goose 45
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 9
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 12
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Black Scoter 4
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20
Cooper's Hawk 8
Broad-winged Hawk 4
American Kestrel 22
Merlin 3
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Sanderling 8
Laughing Gull 500
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 200
Common Tern 15
Forster's Tern 800
Royal Tern 12
Black Skimmer 300
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon 10
Eurasian Collared Dove 3 Flew west past the Hawkwatch
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 25
Eastern Phoebe 8
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 200
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 75
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)

Migrant Eastern Phoebes were a feature of this morning's walk.