Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 27° F
Winds: NW 14 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
We always expect to see lots of ducks, a good number of sparrows and many chipping Yellow-rumped Warblers on our winter walks at Cape May Point. What we don’t expect to see are 26 Great Egrets (a number that gets flagged in eBird!) and three Baltimore Orioles. But see them we did today, along with several Fox Sparrows and a Belted Kingfisher, and a total species list of 50, not at all bad for a day in January.
50 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 45 |
| Mute Swan | 16 |
| Northern Shoveler | 20 |
| Gadwall | 30 |
| American Wigeon | 4 |
| Mallard | 50 |
| American Black Duck | 18 |
| Green-winged Teal (American) | 17 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 35 |
| Lesser Scaup | 4 |
| Bufflehead | 25 |
| Hooded Merganser | 6 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 |
| American Coot (Red-shielded) | 8 |
| Killdeer | 1 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 2 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Great Egret | 26 |
| Black Vulture | 3 |
| Turkey Vulture | 14 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 2 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 3 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 4 |
| American Crow | 6 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 6 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 4 |
| European Starling | 10 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 6 |
| Hermit Thrush | 2 |
| American Robin | 14 |
| House Sparrow | 8 |
| House Finch | 7 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 12 |
| Fox Sparrow (Red) | 11 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | 4 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 21 |
| Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 9 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 300 |
| Common Grackle | 12 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 28 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
