It was another gorgeous day with temps close to 70 deg F by 11 am. As pointed out, this meant some migration aspects would be greatly diminished, such as very few scoter flocks and they were far out, plus very few migrating raptors. We still had many good birds, like lots of Red-throated Loons and Northern Gannets, and a good flock of about 6 Brown-headed Nuthatches seen well by all. Following is our bird list of 29 species for this field trip:
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Scoter species
Red-tailed Hawk
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird (heard)
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Our cumulative species total for all 5 field trips this fall was 58 species, which is very respectable for our limited area and time of year covered.
If you feel inspired to keep improving your birding skills and knowledge, please keep checking back to this blog site. I plan to keep it updated on a regular basis. And don't forget the great Gannet views you can get from the Cape May-Lewes ferry from about now until March.
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