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Birding Cape May Point – December 10, 2022

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 30°F

Winds: NE 9 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

With sun and a bright blue sky, everything looked beautiful today. A Red-breasted Nuthatch fed at the top of a cedar, Northern Gannets were sailing by fairly close over the bay, lots of scooters and Red-throated Loons flew past and a Red-shouldered Hawk landed atop a telephone pole nearby. A few Yellow-rumped Warblers were feeding in the cedars, ducks are abundant on all the ponds and a male Purple Finch perched briefly for us.

50 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 14
Mute Swan 4
Northern Shoveler 32
Gadwall 70
American Wigeon 17
Mallard 30
American Black Duck 4
Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal (American) 12
Ring-necked Duck 12
Greater/Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 11
Black Scoter 23
Surf/Black Scoter 10
Bufflehead 22
Hooded Merganser 10
Red-breasted Merganser 12
Ruddy Duck 6
Mourning Dove 25
American Coot 11
Killdeer 1
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull 23
Red-throated Loon 8
Northern Gannet 16
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 6
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 31
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 8
Northern Mockingbird 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 2
House Sparrow 60
House Finch 8
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 10
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 120
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Northern Cardinal 5
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