This morning the Cape May Hawkwatch was more like the Cormorant Watch. Double-crested Cormorants were pouring by in tremendous numbers, and when all was said and done we estimated at least 35,500 individuals. There was also an appreciable movement of Scoters offshore and the first noticeable push of Loons.
A few Harriers and Falcons were moving throughout the truncated count day, and there was a spurt of Accipiters right before the rain came, but other than that raptors were thin. Non-raptor highlights were an American Bittern, 2 Tricolored Herons, 3 Wilson's Snipe, as well as a single female-type Common Eider sitting cooperatively in the water just off Cape May Point State Park.
eBird list follows:
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Point SP--CMBO Hawk Watch
Observation date: 10/17/09
Notes: Strong NE Winds, with rain starting at 11:30 AM..
Number of species: 83
Brant (Atlantic) 30
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 5
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 8
American Black Duck 25
Mallard 12
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 8
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 18
Ring-necked Duck 4
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter X
Black Scoter X
Ruddy Duck 6
Red-throated Loon 28
Common Loon 35
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 35500
Great Cormorant 4
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 35
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 2
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 17
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 25
Cooper's Hawk 12
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 6
Merlin 8
Peregrine Falcon 11
American Coot 12
Black-bellied Plover 8
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killdeer 4
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 350
Dunlin 20
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 300
Forster's Tern 25
Royal Tern 15
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 5
Tree Swallow 400
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling X
American Pipit 3
Cedar Waxwing 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 75
Palm Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 2
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal X
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow X
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