Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Barry Hershfeld
Temp: 28°F
Winds: SE 10 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny
The parking lot seemed unusually quiet as we started out this morning, no Carolina Wrens, or mockingbirds in evidence. But the Northern Gannets were putting on a show over the ocean and scoters were flying by. Back on the path we heard a deep, croaking call and looked up to see a Common Raven fly right overhead, which is not at all common in Cape May! A little further down the path, at the 2nd plover pond, an American Bittern was standing at the water’s edge, providing excellent binocular and scope views. Two Tundra Swans were present, and we saw a single Snow Goose in flight.
38 species
| Species | Count |
| Snow Goose | 1 |
| Canada Goose | 2 |
| Mute Swan | 6 |
| Tundra Swan | 2 |
 Tundra Swan photo by Roger Horn |
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 Tundra Swan photo by Roger Horn |
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| Northern Shoveler | 15 |
| Gadwall | 32 |
 Gadwall photo by Roger Horn |
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| Mallard | 8 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 4 |
| Surf Scoter | 2 |
| Black Scoter | 7 |
| Bufflehead | 6 |
 Bufflehead photo by Roger Horn |
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 Bufflehead photo by Roger Horn |
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| Hooded Merganser | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 1 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 14 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 |
| Northern Gannet | 200 |
| American Bittern | 1 |
 American Bittern photo by Roger Horn |
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 American Bittern photo by Roger Horn |
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 American Bittern photo by Roger Horn |
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 American Bittern photo by Kathy Horn |
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| Great Egret | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 4 |
| American Crow | 22 |
| Common Raven | 1 |
 Common Raven photo by Roger Horn |
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 Common Raven photo by Roger Horn |
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| Carolina Chickadee | 3 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Tree Swallow | 75 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 6 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| American Robin | 5 |
| Field Sparrow | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 4 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 23 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 16 |
| Northern Cardinal | 3 |
