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Kick Off Your Year List – January 1, 2021

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Alan Crawford

Temp: 45°

Winds: 5-10 WNW

Weather Conditions: Overcast, rain starting early afternoon

 

Cape May Point State Park – Hawkwatch Platform 9:11 am

29 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 17
Tundra Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 5
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 7
Mallard 22
American Black Duck 4
Northern Pintail 3
Ring-necked Duck 4
Bufflehead 4
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Mourning Dove 1
American Coot 37
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 7
White-throated Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 2

 

 

Cape May Point – Coral Ave dune crossover 10:03 am

22 species

Species Count
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 1
White-winged Scoter 2
Black Scoter 45
Long-tailed Duck 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 17
Sanderling 3
Bonaparte’s Gull 7
Herring Gull 15
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Red-throated Loon 180
Common Loon 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Red Crossbill 10
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

 

Cape May Point – Lily Lake 10:43 am

11 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 2
Mallard 9
Ring-necked Duck 4
Bufflehead 5
Ruddy Duck 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Crow 3
American Robin 15

Sunset Beach/Concrete ship – 11:02 am

10 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Sanderling 3
Purple Sandpiper 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 28
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 6
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Bald Eagle 1

 

Steven’s Street – Hawkwatching site – 11:25 am

25 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 16
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 7
American Robin 5
House Sparrow 19
Evening Grosbeak 1
House Finch 9
American Goldfinch 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 41
Common Grackle 3
Northern Cardinal 3

 

West Cape May – Shunpike Rd pond – 12:15 pm

5 species

Species Count
Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Canada Goose 140
Northern Shoveler 5
Mallard 21
Northern Mockingbird 1

 

West Cape May – The Beanery/Rea Farm – 12:26 pm

30 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 15
Mallard 11
American Black Duck 1
Mourning Dove 9
Sandhill Crane 5
Herring Gull 3
Black Vulture 19
Turkey Vulture 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 13
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 15
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 5
Northern Cardinal 3

 

Cape May Point State Park – 2:45 pm

9 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 7
Northern Shoveler 9
Gadwall 27
American Wigeon 16
Mallard 12
Ring-necked Duck 9
Hooded Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 2
American Coot 2

 

Cape May Point – Circle Garden – 3:00 pm

18 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 9
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Finch 17
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 11
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 10
Baltimore Oriole 6
Northern Cardinal 2

 

South Cape May Meadows – 3:35 pm

25 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 42
Mute Swan 10
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 17
Gadwall 29
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 43
American Black Duck 7
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Bufflehead 6
Mourning Dove 2
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull 13
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 5
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Carolina Wren 3
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12

 

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