January Bird Sightings for Cape Island--CMMBR (Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge (Meadows))

Complete bird list for January, 2015

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Sightings are listed in order of most to least common.

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Gadwall

Anas strepera

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Redhead

Aythya americana

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

American Coot

Fulica americana

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata

American Wigeon

Anas americana

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

American Black Duck

Anas rubripes

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

Black Scoter

Melanitta americana

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Surf/Black Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata/americana

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Tundra Swan

Cygnus columbianus

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Sanderling

Calidris alba

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Hermit Thrush

Catharus guttatus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Regulus calendula

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Wilson's Snipe

Gallinago delicata

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca