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 |