It would be hard for me to fully describe the early hours of today. Suffice to say that there was a lot of water around Cape May...mostly in places where it shouldn't have been. The street where us counters and naturalists are staying was under several inches of said water, and it was still coming down (and hard) as I started the morning "flight" count. 0 reverse migrants were counted, although an absolutely miserable looking Whimbrel was perched up on the dike for most of my stay there.
If you are planning on heading up to the dike over the next few days be forewarned that there is a large puddle at the base of the dike and the slope up to the dike is VERY slippery and dangerous. The photos above were taken on the sreet directly in front of the house and, yes, that is a Kayak.
eBird list:
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 3
Green-winged Teal 6
Snowy Egret 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 9
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Whimbrel 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Forster's Tern X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 4
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