Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Today we had lots of ducks to observe with American Wigeon, three drake Eurasian Wigeon, Blue- and Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Ducks, and also Pied-billed Grebe. Waders included Great and Little Blue Heron, as well as Great and Snowy Egrets. Raptors included Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, Northern Harrier, Broad-winged Hawk, two immature Bald Eagles, and a Peregrine Falcon. Offshore, two-three Parasitic Jaegers put on a show. Leaders: Chris Marks, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Mike Hannisian, and Mary Watkins.
60 species

Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  12
Gadwall  4
Eurasian Wigeon  3
American Wigeon  12
Mallard  15
Blue-winged Teal  10
Northern Shoveler  10
Northern Pintail  15
Green-winged Teal (American)  10
Ruddy Duck  8
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Northern Gannet  1
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  1
Little Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  8
Osprey  8
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  10
Cooper's Hawk  3
Bald Eagle  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Virginia Rail  1     seen by a few
American Coot  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2     flying, calling
Lesser Yellowlegs  1     flying, calling
Parasitic Jaeger  3
Laughing Gull  15
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  10
Royal Tern  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  8
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  75
Tree Swallow  25
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  1
Veery  1     heard
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  30
Cedar Waxwing  10
Common Yellowthroat  2
Cape May Warbler  1     seen by a few
Palm Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  10

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

Bald Eagle [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Eurasian Wigeon [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Peregrine Falcon [Photo by Karl Lukens]