It’s not every day, even in Cape May, that you can see Tree Swallows and Purple Sandpipers in the same morning. While most of the Tree Swallows have left already, there are still quite a few flying over open ponds and resting occasionally on the beach. It’s always good to sort through them and look for wandering western swallow species, though we couldn’t find any this morning. Purple Sandpipers are one of our winter-only sandpipers, seen occasionally on rock jetties and distinctive in their purplish-hued plumage and yellow-orange legs. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, and Steve Weis.
60 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 28
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 65
American Wigeon 65
American Black Duck 12
Mallard 132
Northern Shoveler 18
Northern Pintail 22
Green-winged Teal (American) 18
Ring-necked Duck 12
Surf Scoter 30
Black Scoter 45
Surf/Black Scoter 50
Bufflehead 10
Hooded Merganser 10
Ruddy Duck 23
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 6
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 1 Continues near Lighthouse Pond
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 26
Purple Sandpiper 7
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull (American) 14
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12
Mourning Dove 14
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 23 Resting on beach and flying low over partially ice - covered Bunker Pond
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 8
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 180
Cedar Waxwing 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Fox Sparrow (Red) 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 11
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 75
House Finch 8
Purple Finch 7
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 30
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