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Kick Off Your Year List 2024 – January 1, 2024

Leaders: Tom Reed, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Alan Crawford

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Cape May Point State Park – 9:05am

57 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 10
Tundra Swan 8
Northern Shoveler 15
Gadwall 125
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 30
American Black Duck 15
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 50
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 25
Lesser Scaup 10
Bufflehead 10
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 5
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 5
European Starling 25
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 5
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 500
Cedar Waxwing 200
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 150
Common Grackle 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 50
Northern Cardinal 5

 

Cape Island: The Beanery/Rea Farm (RESTRICTED ACCESS) – 11:37am

38 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 20
Mourning Dove 3
Herring Gull 5
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Winter Wren 3
Carolina Wren (Northern) 4
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 50
Cedar Waxwing 20
House Finch 3
Fox Sparrow (Red) 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 30
Rusty Blackbird 9
Common Grackle 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 40
Northern Cardinal 6

 

Cape May NWR: Two Mile Unit – 2:17pm

28 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 5
Surf Scoter 300
Black Scoter 50
Surf/Black Scoter 300
scoter sp. 100
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 3
Mourning Dove 1
Sanderling 35
Dunlin 500
Bonaparte’s Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster’s Tern 8
Red-throated Loon 10
Common Loon 5
Northern Gannet 10
Great Cormorant (North Atlantic) 6
Carolina Wren (Northern) 1
European Starling 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 50
Cedar Waxwing 3
House Finch 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 20
Northern Cardinal 2

 

Nummy Island – 3:25pm

27 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 70
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 20
Surf Scoter 2
Black Scoter 3
Long-tailed Duck 5
Bufflehead 2
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 1
American Oystercatcher 25
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Dunlin 300
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 3
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Egret 12
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Song Sparrow 1

 

Jake’s Landing – 4:30pm

19 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 10
American Black Duck 30
Hooded Merganser 5
Clapper Rail 20
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Dunlin 50
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 10
Northern Harrier 8
Bald Eagle 8
Short-eared Owl (Northern) 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Marsh Wren 2
Seaside Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5