Wander we did today, from Avalon to Stone Harbor to a large pond outside of Cape May Court House. Most of the birds we saw were ducks and not your everyday ducks; they ranged from sea ducks to divers to dabblers. We had all three mergansers - Hooded, Red-breasted and Common - in good numbers and close. The Surf Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks were fairly close also but the waves were so rough at Avalon's 8th Street jetty, you could only get brief glimpses and, while there was an eider present, we couldn't get a good enough look to tell if it was the King Eider that's been seen there recently. We had Redheads at two locations and they're always a treat to see. Leaders: Kathy Horn & Karl Lukens.
Avalon--8th St. Jetty
9 species
Surf Scoter 55
Black Scoter 8
Long-tailed Duck 24
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Common Loon 1
Sanderling 1
Dunlin 1
Herring Gull (American) 3
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Stone Harbor, 319 81st Street
3 species
Redhead 4
Lesser Scaup 14
Horned Grebe 4
Davies Sports Complex, Cape May Court House
6 species
Redhead 4
Ring-necked Duck 60
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
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| Avalon - 8th Street jetty [Photo by Kathy Horn] |
