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Birding on the Barrier Islands Special Field Trip – December 5, 2025

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Dennis McKane

Temp: 

Winds: 5 mph

Weather Conditions: clouds, light snow

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall – 9:37am

13 species 

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Surf Scoter 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
American Oystercatcher 53
Black-bellied Plover 20
Marbled Godwit 5
Sanderling 140
Dunlin 60
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 15
American Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Common Loon 1

 

Cape May NWR–Two Mile Unit – 10:49am

8 species 

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
American Black Duck 37
Northern Pintail 8
Bufflehead 10
Hooded Merganser 3
Northern Harrier 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5

 

Cape May NWR–Two Mile Unit – 11:29am

12 species 

Species Count
Black Scoter 6
scoter sp. 75
Sanderling 13
Dunlin 9
Ring-billed Gull 20
American Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 3
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Northern Harrier 1
Merlin 1
Horned Lark 4

 

Two Mile Landing – 1:00pm

18 species 

Species Count
Brant 140
Canada Goose 12
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 7
Bufflehead 50
Hooded Merganser 5
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 3
Greater Yellowlegs 2
American Herring Gull 15
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 30
White Ibis 2
Tricolored Heron 1
Great Egret 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
New Jersey Audubon