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Birding Cape May Point – January 17, 2026

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn

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32 species

Species Count
Snow Goose 1
Canada Goose 350
Mute Swan 2
Trumpeter Swan 2
Trumpeter Swan - Roger Horn

Trumpeter Swan photo by Roger Horn

 
Tundra Swan 10
Northern Shoveler 19
Northern Shoveler - John Cyrus

Northern Shoveler photo by John Cyrus

 
Gadwall 16
American Wigeon 10
American Wigeon - John Cyrus

American Wigeon photo by John Cyrus

 
American Wigeon - John Cyrus

American Wigeon photo by John Cyrus

 
Mallard 90
American Black Duck 4
Northern Pintail 7
Ring-necked Duck 22
Greater Scaup 2
Greater Scaup - Roger Horn

Greater Scaup photo by Roger Horn

 
Greater Scaup - Roger Horn

Greater Scaup photo by Roger Horn

 
Black Scoter 9
Surf/Black Scoter 14
Bufflehead 12
Ring-billed Gull 9
American Herring Gull 13
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Turkey Vulture 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 3
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 26
Northern Cardinal 3
New Jersey Audubon