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EZ Birding at Cape May Point State Park – September 12, 2024

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Dennis McKane

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Eagles and Merlin and Kestrels. And Little Blue Heron, oh my!

47 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 30
Mallard 45
American Black Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 8
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Least Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Royal Tern 5
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Little Blue Heron 2
Snowy Egret 5
Green Heron 3
Great Egret 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 7
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 50
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 4
Field Sparrow 5
Common Grackle 5
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Summer Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1