A slow day at the Hawk Watch, with the highlight bird being a juvenile Common Tern, although the highlight event for most people was the offshore Northern Gannet show.
The south winds kept even the most generally common passerines down, even Yellow-rumpeds, and not much else was moving either. 3 Wilson's Snipe and a Red-throated Loon were the only even moderately interesting highlights. Tomorrow should be better.
Location: Cape Island--Cape May Point SP--CMBO Hawk Watch
Observation date: 10/24/09
Number of species: 69
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Gadwall 12
American Wigeon 16
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 12
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 27
Ring-necked Duck 4
Greater Scaup 1
Surf Scoter X
Black Scoter X
Ruddy Duck 12
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Northern Gannet 250
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 33
Cooper's Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 3
American Coot 15
Black-bellied Plover 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 25
Black Skimmer 200
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow 550
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40
Palm Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
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