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Birding Cape May Point – January 7, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 41°F

Winds: NW 16 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

46 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 294
Mute Swan 5
Tundra Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 42
Gadwall 33
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 62
American Black Duck 26
Green-winged Teal (American) 5
Surf Scoter 6
Black Scoter 9
scoter sp. 20
Bufflehead 22
Hooded Merganser 14
Ruddy Duck 1
American Coot 1
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Red-throated Loon 4
Northern Gannet 26
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 5
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - Kathleen Horn

Red-shouldered Hawk photo by Kathy Horn

 
Red-shouldered Hawk - Kathleen Horn

Red-shouldered Hawk photo by Kathy Horn

 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Merlin 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 26
Carolina Wren 7
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Robin 46
Cedar Waxwing 36
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 17
Northern Cardinal 3