Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Still a number of ducks around including 10 Blue-winged Teal, many Green-winged Teal with 1 Eurasian Teal in the mix, 2 late American Wigeon, with Gadwalls and Mallards. Off shore we had close Northern Gannets, Red-throated Loons, and both Surf and Black Scoters. Of note were 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves calling and investigating a large holly tree - nesting maybe? Also of interest were 2 Cedar Waxwings perched together, one with the normal yellow tail band and the other with an orange band. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, and Chris Marks.
50 species (+2 other taxa)

Brant  6
Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  10
Northern Shoveler  18
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)  1
Green-winged Teal (American)  20
Lesser Scaup  7
Surf Scoter  8
Black Scoter  15
Surf/Black Scoter  30
Hooded Merganser  6
Ruddy Duck  4
Red-throated Loon  5
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Northern Gannet  10
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  10
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  4
American Coot  12
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Rock Pigeon  4
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  10
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  6
Fish Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  20
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  15
Cedar Waxwing  22
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
House Finch  10
House Sparrow  10

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

Cedar Waxwings [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Great Blue Heron  [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Eurasian Green-winged Teal flanked by his American cousins  [Photo by Karl Lukens]