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EZ Birding at Cape May Point State Park – October 10, 2024

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, Pam Hubert, John McElroy 

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Weather Conditions: Cool and sunny with a light breeze 

49 species 

Species  Count 
Canada Goose  130 
Mute Swan  38 
Blue-winged Teal  10 
Northern Shoveler  4 
Eurasian Wigeon  1 
American Wigeon  16 
Mallard  50 
Green-winged Teal  8 
Killdeer  1 
Greater Yellowlegs  7 
Herring Gull  2 
Forster’s Tern  2 
Royal Tern  2 
Double-crested Cormorant  6 
Black-crowned Night Heron  10 
Snowy Egret  2 
Great Egret  7 
Great Blue Heron  1 
White Ibis  17 
Black Vulture  1 
Turkey Vulture  34 
Osprey  4 
Northern Harrier  1 
Sharp-shinned Hawk  6 
Cooper’s Hawk  1 
Bald Eagle  3 
Broad-winged Hawk  1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1 
Downy Woodpecker  1 
Northern Flicker  3 
Merlin  1 
Blue Jay  4 
Fish Crow  1 
Carolina Chickadee  3 
Tree Swallow  1000 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1 
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2 
Brown Creeper  1 
Carolina Wren  4 
European Starling  20 
Gray Catbird  2 
Brown Thrasher  1 
Northern Mockingbird  5 
American Goldfinch  2 
Song Sparrow  1 
Swamp Sparrow  1 
Red-winged Blackbird  5 
Palm Warbler  2 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  50