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Poor Man’s Pelagic – March 20, 2021

Leaders: Melissa Roach, Mary Watkins, Janet Crawford, Alan Crawford

Temp: 58°F

Winds:  12 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

 

Cape May Lewes Ferry – NJ Waters – 12:49 PM

25 species

Species Count
Brant 40
Surf Scoter 50
White-winged Scoter 2
Black Scoter 15
Surf/Black Scoter 15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
American Oystercatcher 1
Killdeer 1
Sanderling 1
Dunlin 100
Purple Sandpiper 4
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 11
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 28
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Turkey Vulture 7
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Fish Crow 4
European Starling 3
House Sparrow 2

 

 

Cape May Lewes Ferry – DE Waters – 1:50 PM

15 species

Species Count
Surf Scoter 55
Black Scoter 20
Surf/Black Scoter 10
Bufflehead 8
Red-breasted Merganser 18
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 5
gull sp. 100
Red-throated Loon 22
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 35
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1

 

Cape May Lewes Ferry – NJ Waters – 3:23 PM

20 species

Species Count
Brant 40
Surf Scoter 25
Black Scoter 18
Surf/Black Scoter 10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Sanderling 1
Dunlin 100
Purple Sandpiper 4
Bonaparte’s Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Red-throated Loon 13
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 7
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Fish Crow 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2