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Rarity Roundup Special Field Trip – November 13, 2021

Leaders: Brett Ewald

Temp: 55° F

Winds:  SW 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

37 species – Cape May Point State Park – 8:38am

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 43
Blue-winged Teal 11
Northern Shoveler 7
Gadwall 75
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 75
Mallard 60
American Black Duck 1
Northern Pintail 14
Green-winged Teal 16
Ring-necked Duck 17
Bufflehead 3
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
American Coot 9
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 15
Carolina Wren 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
White-throated Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 45
Northern Cardinal 1

 

27 species – Nature Conservancy’s South Cape May Meadows – 10:26am

Species Count
Canada Goose 85
Mute Swan 2
Blue-winged Teal 9
Northern Shoveler 9
Gadwall 15
Mallard 18
American Black Duck 4
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 16
Ruddy Duck 1
Dunlin 21
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
peep sp. 8
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Northern Gannet 16
Double-crested Cormorant 48
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Robin 8
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 21

 

16 species – Rea Farm “Beanery” – 11:50am

Species Count
Mallard 25
Mourning Dove 3
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
American Crow 2
European Starling 12
American Robin 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 7
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5