The duck numbers appear to be increasing daily since Cape May is a wintering ground for a variety of species. Many of the male ducks (drakes) are getting their breeding plumage which serves to attract prospective mates. Leaders: Chris Marks, Karl Lukens, Michael McCabe, & Hugh Simmons.
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 24
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 18
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 32
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 16
Green-winged Teal 10
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf/Black Scoter 45
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Egret 2
Cattle Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
European Starling 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 66
Swamp Sparrow 6
American Goldfinch 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
