Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

As we head into November, there is no sign that fall migration is easing off. The species variety may be declining, but total numbers of birds remain impressive and this morning's walk was accompanied throughout by flocks of American Robins and Eastern Bluebirds overhead, Tree Swallows, American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins hot-tailing it along the dune line and a wonderful American Bittern that continues to perform in full view at Bunker Pond. Walking the back trail through the woods provided several Hermit Thrushes, both species of nuthatch (briefly) and a dayglow male Pine Warbler. A single Hooded Merganser was a nice surprise on one of the back ponds. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Steve Weis, Chris Marks, and Catherine Busch.
69 species

Canada Goose  45
Mute Swan  20
Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  25
Mallard  10
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  12
Northern Pintail  25
Green-winged Teal  15
Ring-necked Duck  2
Surf Scoter  15
Black Scoter  120
Hooded Merganser  1
Ruddy Duck  15
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Northern Gannet  2
Double-crested Cormorant  15
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
American Coot  22
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  9
Forster's Tern  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  6
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  5
Tree Swallow  75
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Eastern Bluebird  35
Hermit Thrush  6
American Robin  1000
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  35
American Pipit  4
Cedar Waxwing  20
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  50
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  12
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  150
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  45
House Finch  30
Purple Finch  10
Pine Siskin  75     Moving south
American Goldfinch  120
House Sparrow  4

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

Immature Great Blue Heron [Photo by Catherine Busch]
Posted by Catherine Busch at 1:57 PM