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Poor Man’s Pelagic – March 19, 2022

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford

Temp: 50’s – 70’s

Winds:  SW 15-25 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal: 12:45pm

15 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Red-breasted Merganser 21
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 18
Dunlin 21
Laughing Gull 22
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Fish Crow 2

 

Cape May-Lewes Ferry (NJ Waters): 1:05pm

10 species

Species Count
Surf Scoter 550
Black Scoter 450
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 80
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Red-throated Loon 19
Northern Gannet 110
Double-crested Cormorant 12

 

 

Cape May-Lewes Ferry (DE Waters): 1:40pm

15 species

Species Count
Surf Scoter 275
Black Scoter 225
Long-tailed Duck 9
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Sanderling 7
Razorbill 2
Bonaparte’s Gull 5
Laughing Gull 8
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Red-throated Loon 14
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 125
Double-crested Cormorant 150

 

Cape Henlopen State Park-Breakwater Harbor: 2:10pm

15 species

Species Count
Surf Scoter 2
Bufflehead 11
Horned Grebe 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 14
American Oystercatcher 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Great Cormorant 1
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Fish Crow 2
House Sparrow 1