Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

A cold and very windy (20-30 mph) morning made birding somewhat difficult. We did manage to find a nice pair of Blue-winged Teal, and offshore numerous Northern Gannets. Lots of swallows were about, mostly Barn, Tree, a few Northern Rough-winged among Purple Martins. We also had a flyover Willet. The woods contained singing House and Carolina Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a Blue-headed Vireo, as well as Common Yellowthroat, and Palm, Pine, Prairie, and Yellow-rumped Warblers.  Leaders: Mike Crewe, Megan Crewe, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, and Chris Marks.
49 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  2
Mallard  6
Blue-winged Teal  2
Green-winged Teal  2
Surf Scoter  10
scoter sp.  20
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  1
Northern Gannet  30
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Egret  3
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Willet  1
Laughing Gull  100
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Forster's Tern  5
Mourning Dove  5
Merlin  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  50
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  20
Carolina Chickadee  5
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
American Robin  5
European Starling  5
Common Yellowthroat  1
Palm Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
Prairie Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Sparrow  5

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Blue-winged Teal [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Pine Warbler [Photo by Karl Lukens]