Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Mark Lemieux, Barry Hershfeld
Temp: 60° F
Winds: SW 16 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
A bit breezy today at Cape May Point State Park this AM. Spring is here, and bird migration is picking up. From the Dune crossing we were able to view a stream of Northern Gannets continuing to fly north out of the bay. Red-breasted Mergansers and Red-throated Lions were moving about the ocean as well. A few Black and Surf Scoter zipped by, while American Herring, Great Black-backed, and Ring-billed Gulls moved about on the beach.
The “plover ponds” sported a few Buffleheads, Mallard, and Ring-necked Ducks. The Blue and Yellow trails had the usual cast of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Northern Cardinals and quite a few Tree Swallows. The Red-winged Blackbirds were full of “conkaree” song today. While numbers of Fish Crows and Carolina Wrens sang and called steadily throughout our walk. Golden-crowned Kinglet’s and an Eastern Phoebe moved about in the wooded areas. 37 species. “Not too shabby” despite the steady southwest winds.
37 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 10 |
| Mute Swan | 8 |
| Mallard | 10 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 6 |
 Ring-necked Duck photo by Roger Horn |
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| Surf Scoter | 2 |
| Black Scoter | 18 |
| Surf/Black Scoter | 25 |
| Bufflehead | 9 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 12 |
| American Oystercatcher | 2 |
| Killdeer | 2 |
| Wilson’s Snipe | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 2 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 9 |
| American Herring Gull | 10 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 18 |
| gull sp. | 6 |
| Red-throated Loon | 6 |
| Northern Gannet | 420 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 14 |
| Turkey Vulture | 3 |
| Osprey | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Fish Crow | 10 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 8 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 3 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
| European Starling | 6 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 10 |
| Song Sparrow | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 30 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 12 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
| passerine sp. | 8 |
Blog write-up and eBird list by Roger Horn
