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 |