Bird Walk for All People - Monday, February 16th, 2015

Due to the very low temperatures and windy conditions, our President's Day walk turned into a "car-birding" trip. We toured bird feeding stations in Cape May Point, surveyed the beach and ocean at several dune crossovers, and surveyed the Northwood Center and open water on Lake Lily. Finally, we went over to the ferry park to look for gulls and shorebirds. Feeders were very active and appear to be keeping some of our wintering birds going in this snowy winter. We had good looks at White-throated and Fox Sparrows, Purple Finch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Brown Creeper, and Red-bellied Woodpecker along with the usual winter feeder birds. The highlight of our trip was being able to watch an American Woodcock feeding close to us in front of the Northwood Center. Waterfowl were congregated in the open water on Lake Lily including Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, and American Wigeon. The ice-overed ocean and bay was quite a sight to see, and the ice floes going by with the tide looked like the Arctic in miniature. Upon our return to the Cape May Point State Park, we saw one Killdeer and an American Pipit feeding in the central, grassy area. Leaders: Chuck Slugg and Catherine Busch.