Cape May Point State Park- slightly belated

Below is our list of species seen at the Cape May Point State Park on Tuesday 10/2. Sorry this post is a little belated, our walk was cut short by the news of the Calliope up in Cumberland County. Which we did not see, of course. Since my days off are in the middle of the week this can make for a slightly delayed posting when domestic duties take precedence.

For those keeping tabs on weather and migration, well, there really has been no weather conducive to pushing migrants down to the Cape May peninsula. It's looking like next Tuesday and or Wednesday should bring about more weather for some good migration. Keep checking into the Birding Forecast for more updates.


Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 10/2/07
Number of species: 45

Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 27
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 5
Green-winged Teal 17
scoter sp. 15
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 20
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 4
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 130
Pectoral Sandpiper 21
Stilt Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 660
Herring Gull 43
Great Black-backed Gull 45
Common Tern 35
Forster's Tern 25
Royal Tern 32
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Rock Pigeon 55
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 15
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 8
Gray Catbird 8
Palm Warbler 5
Eastern Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 70

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org