Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly and Mark Lemieux.
Temp: 34° F
Winds: NW 20 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny
Another windy, cold and blustery walk today at Cape May Point. First walking along the dunes to the Coral Avenue Dune crossing we had a few species calling and flying by such as Northern Mockingbird, Carolina Wren, and 4 very late Tree Swallows. Very little seen at Coral as the water was very choppy and wind so strong. A few American Herring Gulls and 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls came by. We traveled onward toward and around Lake Lily, stopping to view feeders for ” backyard birds”, such as American Goldfinch, Carolina Chickadees, and House finches. Lake Lily was not iced over and there were many species of waterfowl. Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, a Lesser Scaup, Hooded Mergansers, Ruddy Ducks, American Widgeon, American Black Duck and the usual groups of Mallards. Some of them were startled and flew off by a Bald Eagle soaring over the lake. We end up back at the State Park and we were treated to closer looks at White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warblers and a delightful Cedar Waxwing.
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 75 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Tundra Swan | 2 |
| Gadwall | 24 |
| American Wigeon | 38 |
| Mallard | 80 |
| American Black Duck | 30 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 10 |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 |
| Black Scoter | 3 |
| Bufflehead | 16 |
| Hooded Merganser | 12 |
| Ruddy Duck | 6 |
| Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 18 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | 2 |
| American Herring Gull | 7 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 3 |
| Turkey Vulture | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 1 |
| American Crow | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
| Tree Swallow | 4 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| European Starling | 50 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 28 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 1 |
| House Finch | 10 |
| American Goldfinch | 4 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 7 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 40 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
