Birding Cape May Point - Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

A cool, crisp fall morning was a great time to wander Cape May Point State Park. Highlights included 10 duck species and 8 raptor species as well as a variety of passerines. Leaders:  Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, Barb Bassett, Mary Watkins, & Kirsten Fuller.
62 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  18
Gadwall  40
Eurasian Wigeon  1
American Wigeon  25
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  30
American Black Duck/Mallard  1
Northern Shoveler  10
Northern Pintail  45
Green-winged Teal  14
Ring-necked Duck  19
Ruddy Duck  3
Double-crested Cormorant  14
Great Blue Heron  1
Cattle Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  50
Osprey  1
Golden Eagle  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  14
Cooper's Hawk  12
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Broad-winged Hawk  6
Red-tailed Hawk  5
American Coot  1
Killdeer  3
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Mourning Dove  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  1500
Carolina Chickadee  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  3
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1     Called several times, "pseer"
American Robin  30
Gray Catbird  2
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  20
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20
Field Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  15
Eastern Towhee  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Eastern Meadowlark  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  15
Purple Finch  4
American Goldfinch  4

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