Sunset Birding at South Cape May Meadows - Friday, October 21st 2011

Good ducks, including Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal and Ruddy Ducks. A few fly-over shorebirds and waders, plus two Peregrines. Lesser Black-backed Gull on the beach. Highlight was a Sora close but darkness was setting in.
41 species

Cackling Goose 1
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 15
Gadwall 10
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 12
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 4
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 1 leader only
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Peregrine Falcon 2
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 1
American Coot 15
American Oystercatcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3 fly & call
Lesser Yellowlegs 4 fly & call
Sanderling 25
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Royal Tern 2
Parasitic Jaeger 1 leader only
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 8
Tree Swallow 50
European Starling 10
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
House Sparrow 1

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