Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, John McElroy, Dennis McKane
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Amazing morning of migration in Cape May Point today! It took us over an hour to walk the dune path at the State Park because of all the warblers, wading birds, and migrating raptors flying by. The light breeze and partly cloudy skies were the perfect backdrop to the morning as well.
36 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 4 |
Mute Swan | 22 |
Mallard | 2 |
Green-winged Teal | 16 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 1 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
Laughing Gull | 13 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Forster’s Tern | 1 |
Royal Tern | 3 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
Little Blue Heron | 2 |
Snowy Egret | 12 |
Great Egret | 4 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Osprey | 16 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 22 |
Cooper’s Hawk | 8 |
Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
Northern Flicker | 3 |
American Kestrel | 2 |
Merlin | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 1 |
Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
Tree Swallow | 9 |
Carolina Wren | 5 |
Gray Catbird | 3 |
Northern Mockingbird | 6 |
Field Sparrow | 2 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
American Redstart | 14 |
Northern Parula | 1 |
Yellow Warbler | 6 |
Palm Warbler | 3 |