Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

A good morning for watching raptors as we walked through the Point. Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks were changing direction with the easterly winds not providing the help to continue migration. Amazing views of an Osprey heading back out over the ocean with a fish had us wondering why as a Bald Eagle appeared chasing.  The fish was dropped, breakfast lost. Leaders:  Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, and Deb Payson.
49 species

Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  18
Mallard  12
Surf Scoter  7
Black Scoter  12
Double-crested Cormorant  22
Great Blue Heron  7
Great Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  7
Sharp-shinned Hawk  8
Cooper's Hawk  5
Bald Eagle  1
Sanderling  12
Laughing Gull  48
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Common Tern  10
Forster's Tern  8
Royal Tern  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Merlin  2
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  3
Tree Swallow  18
Carolina Chickadee  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  12
American Redstart  1
Palm Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  48
Common Grackle  6
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  8
House Sparrow  6

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