Orange-crowned & Lincoln's @ Cape May Point, front finally oozes past

Cape May Point went from 100% cloud cover and light south winds to 5-10 mph northwest winds at about 9:30 this morning. The clouds remain, it seems this front is really slow moving, and as of noon not much of a hawk flight developed.

The State Park was pretty birdy, generally. The highlight for the CMBO raptor workshop I was leading was (for those who got to see it well) an Orange-crowned Warbler along the path running beside bunker pond. 7 Purple Sandpipers flew past the bunker, heading south. A Lincoln's Sparrow was a long the red trail and a pipit was a flyby on the dunes. Yellow-rumps, of course, were everywhere, and a few Palms were around. Of raptors we did have fine looks at several accipiters, both small falcons, harriers, and Osprey. This morning's full list is below.

Location: Cape May Point SP
Observation date: 10/24/07
Notes: CMBO Raptors at the Migration Mainline workshop, day 1, morning. Stalled cold front eventually passed, 100% cloud cover.
Number of species: 64
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 5
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 5
Green-winged Teal 25
Ruddy Duck 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 5
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 10
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 5
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 5
Western Sandpiper 1
Purple Sandpiper 7
Laughing Gull 20
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer 1
Rock Pigeon 25
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 20
Tree Swallow 20
Carolina Chickadee 5
Carolina Wren 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 500
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 5
Brown Thrasher 10
European Starling 10
American Pipit 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 500
Palm Warbler 10
Eastern Towhee 5
Song Sparrow 5
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 25
White-throated Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 30