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Birding Cape May Point – December 4, 2021

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 50° F

Winds:  NE 5 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy

The State Park ponds are currently hosting a large variety and number of ducks and they all looked beautiful in this morning’s warm sunlight. The male Eurasian Wigeon is still on Lighthouse Pond. Two White Ibis and a few late Tree Swallows flew by, and three adult Bald Eagles circled overhead. Northern Gannets, Red-throated Loons and scoters were all visible from the dunes.

53 species

Species Count
Snow Goose 3
Canada Goose 150
Mute Swan 40
Tundra Swan 11
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 20
Gadwall 130
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 130
Mallard 280
American Black Duck 2
Northern Pintail 40
Green-winged Teal (American) 55
Ring-necked Duck 2
scoter sp. 25
Bufflehead 10
Hooded Merganser 10
Ruddy Duck 8
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Mourning Dove 2
American Coot (Red-shielded) 10
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 9
Herring Gull (American) 42
Great Black-backed Gull 76
Red-throated Loon 5
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2
Great Egret 1
White Ibis 2
Black Vulture 20
Turkey Vulture 48
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Carolina Wren (Northern) 6
European Starling 35
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 1000
House Finch 20
American Goldfinch 6
Field Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 70
Northern Cardinal 3

 

American Wigeon photo by Roger Horn

Northern Pintails photo by Roger Horn

Ring-necked Duck photo by Roger Horn