Thirteen duck species? It must be winter, at least if you see them in Cape May. The ducks are plentiful again, with lots of open water, and they're looking fine, from the flashy Long-tails and Hoodies (Hooded Mergansers) to the subtlety beautiful Gadwalls. Carolina Wrens were also plentiful and in full-throated song, and at least a few of the very late-lingering Tree Swallows have made it through the winter so far. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, and Kyle Chelius.
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 4
Tundra Swan (Whistling) 7
Gadwall 58
American Wigeon 8
Mallard 65
Northern Shoveler 20
Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal (American) 17
Ring-necked Duck 8
Black Scoter 22
Surf/Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 6
Bufflehead 6
Hooded Merganser 12
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Red-throated Loon 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier (American) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 19
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren (Northern) 11
American Robin 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 13
Cedar Waxwing 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 18
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 9
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