We heard geese (both Snow and Canada Geese) going over last night in Cape May, and lo and behold, there were geese moving today at the seawatch. It was cold and windy, but it was still an enjoyable day to be counting migrants.
A few species put in good showings: 14 American Wigeon, 79 Mallards, 65 Long-tailed Ducks, 17 Bufflehead, 11 Hooded Mergansers, and 290 Bonaparte's Gulls.
The local raft of birds today had lots of fun stuff in it: the three species of scoters, Common Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Brant, Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, and Greater Scaup.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
2,921 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 12/6/10
Number of species: 45
Snow Goose 435
Brant 32
Canada Goose 853
Wood Duck 3
American Wigeon 14
American Black Duck 10
Mallard 78
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 4
Greater Scaup 39
Lesser Scaup 49
Common Eider 12
Surf Scoter 201
White-winged Scoter 8
Black Scoter 160
Surf/Black Scoter 70
Long-tailed Duck 65
Bufflehead 17
Hooded Merganser 11
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Red-throated Loon 22
Common Loon 5
Northern Gannet 225
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 14
Purple Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 20
Bonaparte's Gull 290
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 85
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 40
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 20
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 10
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