A warm day with a light breeze made for a pleasant seawatch from the beach at the Two-Mile Unit of the Cape May Wildlife Refuge. Highlights included multiple large flocks of Black Scoter migrating south, some fairly close, and a Peregrine Falcon over the dunes and later perched on a dead tree at the salt ponds. Yellow-rump Warblers were numerous as is typical when there are bayberries to be had along the coast, and Grey Catbirds called and skulked throughout the scrub habitat. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, Marc & Lynne Breslow, Nancy Watson, and Mary Watkins.
39 species
American Black Duck 72
Mallard 5
Black Scoter 250
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Egret 5
Osprey 4
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 3
Bald Eagle 1 seen by a few after walk ended
Black-bellied Plover 25
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Western Sandpiper 10
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 5
Royal Tern 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 35
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow X
Gray Catbird X
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X
Eastern Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow X heard
Swamp Sparrow X heard
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 5
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