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Birding Cape May Point – January 6, 2024

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld.

Temp: 34°F

Winds: SE 5mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Our first CMBO walk of the New Year started off with a bang as a Glaucous Gull flew up down the beach in good view. The ducks are in in good number, a turkey gobbled, and the rain held off – a good morning!

44 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 47
Mute Swan 10
Tundra Swan 3
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 20
Gadwall 80
American Wigeon 44
Mallard 37
American Black Duck 12
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal (American) 24
Ring-necked Duck 19
Lesser Scaup 5
Black Scoter 5
Surf/Black Scoter 16
Bufflehead 7
Hooded Merganser 6
Ruddy Duck 4
Wild Turkey 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Mourning Dove 1
American Coot 11
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 22
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Glaucous Gull 1
Glaucous Gull - Kathleen Horn

Glaucous Gull photo by Kathy Horn

 
Glaucous Gull - Roger Horn

Glaucous Gull photo by Roger Horn

 
Glaucous Gull - Roger Horn

Glaucous Gull photo by Roger Horn

 
Northern Gannet 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren (Northern) 4
European Starling 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 150
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 70
Northern Cardinal 3