Cape May Point State Park - Wednesday, November 2nd 2011

So many birds were flying first thing this morning that it took us a good 20 minutes to get out of the parking lot! Our rarity highlight was a White-winged Dove that was reported from the Hawkwatch Platform and Warren somehow managed to get teed up in his scope.
68 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant 7
Canada Goose 95
Mute Swan 17
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 35
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 12
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 15
Surf/Black Scoter 200
Ruddy Duck 7
Red-throated Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 80
American Oystercatcher 1
Sanderling 15
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 10
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 4
White-winged Dove 1 Perched, found by people on Hawkwatch
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 12
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 12
Tree Swallow 100
Carolina Chickadee 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 1000
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 75
American Pipit 60
Cedar Waxwing 15
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Palm Warbler (Western) 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 300
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 30
Swamp Sparrow 15
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 450
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle 120
Brown-headed Cowbird 50
House Finch 15
American Goldfinch 10

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This handsome male Wood Duck was a nice addition to our duck list this morning.