Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

There were lots of ducks with good variety including Gadwall, Mallard, American Wigeon, two Eurasian Wigeon, both Teal, two Ring-necked, and numerous Ruddy Ducks. Off shore there were many flocks of Surf and Black Scoter, as well as both Loons. In addition there were numerous Northern Gannets, and a couple of Parasitic Jaegers. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Megan Crewe, Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, Chris Marks, and Jesse Amesbury.
60 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  35
Eurasian Wigeon  2     adult male & female in Meadows Plover Pond
American Wigeon  25
Mallard  50
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  15
Northern Pintail  15
Green-winged Teal  10
Ring-necked Duck  2
Lesser Scaup 3
Surf Scoter  400
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter  200
scoter sp.  500
Ruddy Duck  40
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  2
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Northern Gannet  35
Double-crested Cormorant  200
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  4
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  2
American Coot  30
Greater Yellowlegs  10
Sanderling  12
Parasitic Jaeger  2
Laughing Gull  45
Ring-billed Gull  25
Herring Gull  25
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  70
Royal Tern  1
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  10
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6
Tree Swallow  250
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  10
American Pipit  30
Cedar Waxwing  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler  350
Eastern Towhee  1     heard
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  100
Eastern Meadowlark  4
Common Grackle  15
House Finch 15
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow  8

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

Cooper's Hawk [Photo by Karl Lukens]