Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

Lots of ducks to study such as Mallards, Black Duck, both Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, and a rather rare Eurasian Wigeon drake. Waders seen were Great and Snowy Egret, Great Blue, Little Blue, and Green Heron, and Black-crowned Night-Heron. Raptors overhead were Sharp-shinned, and Cooper's Hawks, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and Merlin. Shorebirds included Killdeer, Solitary and Stilt Sandpiper, and both Yellowlegs. Warblers seen were Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped, Prairie, and Blackpoll. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, Steve Weis, and Chris Marks.
74 species

Canada Goose  35
Mute Swan  12
Wood Duck  4
Gadwall  2
Eurasian Wigeon  1     from eclipse to breeding plumage
American Wigeon  15
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  30
Blue-winged Teal  15
Northern Shoveler  8
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  15
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  5
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  15
Cooper's Hawk  2
Killdeer  6
Solitary Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  8
Stilt Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Caspian Tern  4
Forster's Tern  1
Royal Tern  6
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  10
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Northern Flicker  10
American Kestrel  5
Merlin  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  30
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  15
American Pipit  1     fly-over
Northern Waterthrush  1     fly-over
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow Warbler  6
Blackpoll Warbler  3
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Prairie Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  2
Dickcissel  1     fly-over
Red-winged Blackbird  40
Common Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  2

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

Eurasian Wigeon [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Green Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Stilt Sandpipers [Photo by Karl Lukens]