Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, October 7th, 2015

It was a beautiful fall morning for our Birding Cape May Point walk. The accipiter flight started early and we were continually entertained by Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, while thousands of Tree Swallows worked their way around the point. A handful of Yellow-rumped Warblers fed along the dune line and a Northern Flicker posed nicely atop a Poplar tree. The Coral Ave beach access was quiet, with nothing feeding offshore, though the appearance of a Lesser Black-backed Gull allowed us a lovely side-by-side comparison with Great Black-backed Gulls. We took a quick walk down to Lake Lily where a Belted Kingfisher was showing off, before heading back to the State Park. Leaders: Margeaux Maerz, Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, Steve Weis, Mary Watkins, & Deb Payson.
51 species

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  6
American Wigeon  20
Mallard  2
Black Scoter  1
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  25
Cooper's Hawk  3
Broad-winged Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  2
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  3
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6
American Kestrel  3
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  250
Carolina Chickadee  6
Carolina Wren  3
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  25
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  2
Bobolink  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  8
House Sparrow  X

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