Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, March 9th, 2013

A nice variety of waterfowl including Northern Shoveler, Lesser Scaup, Hooded and Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, American Coot and Pied-billed Grebe. Noteworthy were drake Blue-winged Teal and TWO Eurasian Green-winged Teal. Other birds of note were 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 4 Wilson's Snipe, a beautiful adult Red-shouldered Hawk that we watched catch a mouse, and finally 6 Red Crossbills in the pine trees at St Mary's dune crossover. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, Steve Weis, and Chris Marks.
45 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  5
Gadwall  20
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  18
Green-winged Teal  15
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)  2
Green-winged Teal (American)  15
Lesser Scaup  5
Black Scoter  1
Hooded Merganser  5
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Red-throated Loon  4
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  6
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  10
Killdeer  2
Wilson's Snipe  4
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  7
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  4
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
Carolina Wren  5
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  15
Song Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Common Grackle  10
House Finch  6
Red Crossbill  6
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  10

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

American and Eurasian Green-winged Teal [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Ring-billed and Herring Gulls [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Red Crossbill [Photo by Karl Lukens]