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Though I can’t speak for Cape May, there definitely was no observable passerine migration at Sandy Hook this morning. Visited for an hour and a half and nothing active or around. hopefully things will be better tomorrow there.

Wendy

Sam Galick
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Today at Cape May there was a very nice flight of raptors. I had the
following numbers in just a couple of hours between the CMPT Hawkwatch and
the Meadows:

7 Bald Eagles- 2 Adult birds, others in various stages 6 from the Meadows
the last one at the hawkwatch.
3 Peregrine Falcons–flying high
46 Merlins- Amazing Merlin flight towards sunset one eating a tree swallow
on the wing.
3 Cooper’s Hawk- spooking some starlings at the Meadows
1 Sharp Shinned Hawk- being chased by a Merlin
39 American Kestrels- Mostly at the hawkwatch, sometimes in close pairs
8 Osprey-Fishing and flying around

Otherwise at the meadows:

9 Northern Shovelers
31 American Wigeons
17 Blue Winged Teal
45 Green Winged Teal
8 American Black Ducks
1 Wood Duck
1 Common Moorhen- oddly placed right in the middle of one of the ponds with
a few Green Winged Teal.
1 Piping Plover- on the beach taking shelter in a depression in the sand
from where I was walking. I was deeply honored to have helped this little
guy survive the sand whipping winds!
800 Black Skimmers- Huge flock!

Hand fulls of Palm Warblers and an American Redstar

Otherwise at CMPT the lighthouse yielded:

4 Royal Terns
1 Parasitic Jeager- birding with Chris Vogel, saw it for a brief time.
80 Great Black Backed Gulls- Their beach roost.

I heard that the trail at the lighthouse was good for warblers by the red
barn, and that Higbees had a nice showing raptors