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Longtails in Love – February 11, 2023

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jack McDonough

Temp: 50°F

Winds: WSW 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Avalon 8th St. jetty: Avalon Seawatch – 11:52am

16 species

Species Count
Harlequin Duck 1
Surf Scoter 26
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 16
Bufflehead 1
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Dunlin 42
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 75
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Forster’s Tern 3
Red-throated Loon 7
Common Loon 9
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 7

 

Stone Harbor Point – 1:29pm

11 species

Species Count
Surf Scoter 8
Long-tailed Duck 1
Sanderling 2
Purple Sandpiper 5
Razorbill 2
Herring Gull 65
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 7
Northern Gannet 1
White-throated Sparrow 1

 

Clarence Davies Sports Complex: Cape May Court House – 2:29pm

14 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 67
American Black Duck 9
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 2
Mourning Dove 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Eastern Bluebird 4

 

420 West Cherry Ave: North Wildwood – 3:53pm

10 species

Species Count
Brant 4
Surf Scoter 5
Long-tailed Duck 3
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Horned Grebe 3
Razorbill 1
Herring Gull 125
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 11