Birding Cape May Point - Saturday, February 1st, 2014

A "mild" 25 degrees to start and with no wind. With frozen ponds water fowl are scarce, but some open water on Lily Lake produced Gadwall, Mallard, Northern Shovelers, Ring-necked Ducks, a couple of American Coots and a bright drake Eurasian Wigeon. Close by the Coral Ave. jetty were a Black and Surf Scoter and two White-winged Scoters. Other birds of interest were a "strutting" American Woodcock, and an Eastern Towhee. We finished at the parking lot with a good look at an adult male Northern Harrier (Gray Ghost). Leaders: Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Warren Cairo, Catherine Busch, and Chris Marks.
44 species

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  30
Eurasian Wigeon  1     drake
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  15
Ring-necked Duck  3
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Harrier  1     Gray Ghost
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
American Coot  2
American Woodcock  1
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  40
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  50
Yellow-rumped Warbler  15
Eastern Towhee  1
Fox Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  8
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
House Finch  15
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  5

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American Woodcock [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Eurasian Wigeon [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Surf Scoter and Black Scoter [Photo by Karl Lukens]

White-winged Scoter [Photo by Karl Lukens]