26 species
Brant 300
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 2
White-winged Scoter 1
Bufflehead 50
Red-breasted Merganser 24
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 10 Several groups were seen at the same time; at least one group had seven horned grebes in it; 10 is a conservative number.
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Cormorant 5
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 10 It was a 10 mile back bay boat trip in the salt marshes of Cape May County NJ. Osprey have returned in large numbers this week. There was at least one bird, sometime two, on many of the nesting platforms; they were also on some of the marker channels.
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 10
Dunlin 25
Purple Sandpiper 1
Black-headed Gull 1
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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| Brant [Photo by Kyle Chelius] |
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| Long-tailed Duck [Photo by Kyle Chelius] |
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| Osprey checking out a nest [Photo by Kyle Chelius] |
