Poor Man's Pelagic - Saturday, March 24, 2018


Leaders: Janet Crawford, Brian Johnson, Mary Watkins, Brett Ewald
27 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  3     In channel next to Cape May Ferry terminal
American Black Duck  11
Surf Scoter  500
White-winged Scoter  3
Black Scoter  850
Surf/Black Scoter  250
Bufflehead  9
Red-breasted Merganser  23
Red-throated Loon  11
Horned Grebe  7     All within protected waters on DE side near ferry terminal.
Northern Gannet  53
Great Cormorant  2     On breakwall near Lewes Ferry terminal.
Double-crested Cormorant  35
Black Vulture  7
Turkey Vulture  23
Osprey  4
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  1
Dunlin  170     On breakwall upon returning to Cape May Ferry terminal.
Bonaparte's Gull  27
Black-headed Gull  1     With Bonaparte's Gulls in turbulence from ferry engines while at Cape May Ferry terminal.
Laughing Gull  13
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  250
Great Black-backed Gull  18
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  21
Fish Crow  5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Black-headed Gull photo by Brett Ewald

Northern Gannet photo by Brett Ewald

Osprey nest photo by Brett Ewald

Pelagic group photo by Brett Ewald