The Hawks, Trails and Beach Walk enjoyed a good variety of birds. Ducks - including Mallards, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ring-necked, Ruddy and Green- and Blue-winged Teal - and American Coots were plentiful. Raptors included Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Bald Eagles and Red-tailed Hawks along with Kestrels, Merlins and Peregrine Falcons. Smaller birds included Chimney Swifts, Yellow-Shafted Flickers, Eastern Meadowlarks, Brown Creepers and Hermit Thrushes.
63 species (+1 other taxon)
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 14
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 40
Mallard 18
Blue-winged Teal 14
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal 6
Ring-necked Duck 2
scoter sp. 25
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 45
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 2
American Coot 60 large flock on Bunker Pond and smaller flock in creek
behind pond and oin Lighthous Pond at Cape May Point State Park
Laughing Gull 12
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Royal Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Chimney Swift 20 Two sizable flocks flying overhead and multiple singles at
Cape May Point State Park
Belted Kingfisher 1 heard
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 15
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 50
Carolina Chickadee 5
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Eastern Meadowlark 11
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 20
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
