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Birding Cape May Point – December 16, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 39°F

Winds: N 3mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy, some rain sprinkles

The Point was very birdy this morning with flocks of Eastern Bluebirds, Cedar Waxwings, American Goldfinch, American Robins and Yellow-rumped Warblers constantly calling and landing in treetops. The rips were fairly close in, and many Northern Gannets, gulls and cormorants were actively feeding.

58 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 35
Tundra Swan 6
Northern Shoveler 20
Gadwall 28
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 38
Mallard 20
Northern Pintail 13
Green-winged Teal (American) 6
Ring-necked Duck 26
Surf Scoter 5
Black Scoter 43
Surf/Black Scoter 50
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 12
Ruddy Duck 9
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Mourning Dove 9
American Coot 9
Killdeer 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 9
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull (American) 11
Great Black-backed Gull 9
gull sp. 75
Forster’s Tern 2
Red-throated Loon 6
Northern Gannet 44
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tree Swallow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 8
European Starling 12
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 18
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 400
Cedar Waxwing 28
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 62
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
White-throated Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 40
Common Grackle 200
blackbird sp. 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 78
Northern Cardinal 1