Leaders: Roger Horn, Holly & Mark Lemieux
Temp: 38° F
Winds: SE 9 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
A little wind and 38 degrees at Cape May Point State Park this morning. Starting off on the Red Trail we headed to Lighthouse Pond. Ring-necked Duck and Gadwall along with Mallards and Canada were at the west end while nothing more than a Muskrat was at the East end of the pond. Continuing through to the Blue and Yellow trail there were American Crows possibly mobbing a predator, but we couldn’t discern any. We stopped on the path to Seagrove Avenue, and we had great looks at Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, while overhead American Robins were sailing by. Later we came across Gray Catbird eating berries and a Hermit Thrush hopping and running ahead of us along the trail. The Plover Ponds had a small variety of ducks to review, Hooded Mergansers, American Widgeon and Northern Pintail to name a few, as well as Greater Yellowlegs. Many Yellow-rumped Warblers flitted about making it lively with bird life as we made our back to the parking lot along the dunes.
Cape Island–Cape May Point SP (CMPSP ) – 7:53am
33 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 19 |
 Canada Goose photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Tundra Swan | 3 |
 Northern Shoveler photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Northern Shoveler | 16 |
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Northern Shoveler photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Gadwall | 10 |
| American Wigeon | 6 |
 American Wigeon photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Mallard | 30 |
| American Black Duck | 2 |
| Northern Pintail | 2 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 4 |
 Ring-necked Duck photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Harlequin Duck | 1 |
| Bufflehead | 6 |
 Bufflehead photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Hooded Merganser | 10 |
 Hooded Merganser photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Mourning Dove | 8 |
 Mourning Dove photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Greater Yellowlegs | 1 |
 Greater Yellowlegs photo by Sungbin Im |
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| American Herring Gull | 10 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photo by Roger Horn |
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 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photo by Roger Horn |
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 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photo by Sungbin Im |
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 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
 Red-bellied Woodpecker photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 11 |
 American Crow photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Tree Swallow | 2 |
 Tree Swallow photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| European Starling | 10 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
 Gray Catbird photo by Roger Horn |
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 Gray Catbird photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 |
 Hermit Thrush photo by Roger Horn |
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 Hermit Thrush photo by Sungbin Im |
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 Hermit Thrush photo by Sungbin Im |
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 Hermit Thrush photo by Sungbin Im |
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| American Robin | 30 |
 American Robin photo by Sungbin Im |
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| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 8 |
| Common Grackle | 6 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 45 |
 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) photo by Sungbin Im |
Cape Island–CMP–St. Peter’s dune crossing – 10:113am
6 species
| Species | Count |
| Harlequin Duck | 2 |
 Harlequin Duck photo by Roger Horn |
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 Harlequin Duck photo by Roger Horn |
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 Harlequin Duck photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Surf Scoter | 12 |
| Black Scoter | 12 |
| Horned Grebe | 1 |
| Red-throated Loon | 20 |
| Northern Gannet | 1 |
