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E-Z Birding at Cape May Point State Park – October 27, 2022

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp:

Winds: NW 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Wonderful raptor flight and hundreds of robins on this brisk NW wind!  Eurasian Wigeon seen by all.

58 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 38
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 22
Gadwall 16
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 18
Northern Pintail 9
Green-winged Teal 8
Black Scoter 16
Mourning Dove 6
Killdeer 1
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Royal Tern 2
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 19
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 35
Cooper’s Hawk 8
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 5
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 16
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tree Swallow 65
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 14
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 250
American Goldfinch 12
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Common Grackle 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 75
Northern Cardinal 2