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Birding Cape May Point – April 8, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Sally Lorbach

Temp: 42°F

Winds: NE 12 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

There was a steady stream of Northern Gannets in a variety of plumages moving out of the bay this morning. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are back, as are Pine Warblers and Purple Martins, and Field Sparrows are once again singing in the dunes.

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 16
Mallard 13
Surf Scoter 11
Black Scoter 4
Bufflehead 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
American Oystercatcher 8
Herring Gull 22
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Forster’s Tern 3
Red-throated Loon 4
Northern Gannet 25
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 9
Osprey 9
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 9
Carolina Chickadee 3
Purple Martin 12
Tree Swallow 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Carolina Wren 7
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Robin 5
Field Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 8
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Northern Cardinal 5