Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Compare the best: Cape May vs Peck Pit

So, Cape May is the hottest spot in U.S. according to e bird, and Scott Weidensaul endorses it in his book ' Of a Feather'.

Then let's compare it to Peck Pit(posting the highest count this year for both locations, this month, from e bird):

Checklist S25379360

 
Location
Peck Rd. Water Conservation Park, Los Angeles County, California, US (Map )
Date and Effort
Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:10 AM ðŸŒ™ Nocturnal
Protocol:
Traveling
Party Size:
1
Duration:
5 hour(s), 35 minute(s)
Distance:
1.25 mile(s)
Observers:
Darren Dowell
Species
85 species (+3 other taxa) total
1
Swan Goose (Domestic type)
9
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)
2
Gadwall
25
Mallard
1
Mallard (Domestic type)
1
Blue-winged Teal
female/eclipse male
1
Cinnamon Teal
8
Northern Shoveler
1
Northern Pintail
3
Green-winged Teal
4
Ring-necked Duck
30
Ruddy Duck
2
Pied-billed Grebe
10
Eared Grebe
1
Western Grebe
10
Double-crested Cormorant
2
Great Blue Heron
3
Great Egret
10
Snowy Egret
2
Green Heron
5
Black-crowned Night-Heron
2
Turkey Vulture
1
Osprey
2
Cooper's Hawk
1
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
Red-tailed Hawk
40
American Coot
4
Black-necked Stilt
15
Killdeer
3
Spotted Sandpiper
3
Least Sandpiper
4
Long-billed Dowitcher
1
Ring-billed Gull
30
Western Gull
15
California Gull
50
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
5
Eurasian Collared-Dove
15
Mourning Dove
3
Anna's Hummingbird
1
Allen's Hummingbird
2
Belted Kingfisher
2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
2
American Kestrel
male and female, perched near each other above golf course
2
Mitred Parakeet
1
Gray Flycatcher
presumed continuing; "wit", dipping tail; mediocre photos
3
Black Phoebe
1
Say's Phoebe
7
Cassin's Kingbird
1
Warbling Vireo
1
Western Scrub-Jay (Coastal)
50
American Crow
1
Common Raven
1
swallow sp.
20
Bushtit
1
House Wren
2
Bewick's Wren
1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6
Western Bluebird
5
Northern Mockingbird
8
European Starling
3
Cedar Waxwing
1
Phainopepla
2
Orange-crowned Warbler
6
Common Yellowthroat
3
Yellow Warbler
30
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
3
Black-throated Gray Warbler
1
Townsend's Warbler
1
Wilson's Warbler
6
Chipping Sparrow
1
Clay-colored Sparrow
On park lawn with 2 CHSP. Described from photos: unlike the CCSP photographed on Oct. 4, this one had a lot more dark feathering, including some streaks on nape, flanks, and rump. Pale crown stripe was partial (front only). Hatch year, in molt?

clay-colored sparrow (IMG_9473_crop)
clay-colored sparrow (IMG_9467_crop)
clay-colored sparrow (IMG_9466_crop)
clay-colored sparrow (IMG_9408_crop)
1
Lark Sparrow
15
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)
1
Vesper Sparrow
briefly on lawn around 7:00; cold colors, eye ring, dark row of wing coverts, similar size to nearby WCSP
2
Savannah Sparrow
heard only
5
Song Sparrow
4
Lincoln's Sparrow
2
California Towhee
1
Spotted Towhee
1
Western Tanager
10
Red-winged Blackbird
15
House Finch
15
Lesser Goldfinch
1
Lawrence's Goldfinch
heard only, calling in flight, heading east
2
American Goldfinch
5
House Sparrow
12
Northern Red Bishop

Checklist S25556449

Location
Cape Island--CMP (Cape May Point), Cape May County, New Jersey, USMap )
Date and Effort
Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:30 AM
Protocol:
Traveling
Party Size:
14
Duration:
4 hour(s), 44 minute(s)
Distance:
1.5 mile(s)
Observers:
Louise Zemaitis List , Michael O'Brien
Species
84 species (+1 other taxa) total
15
Canada Goose
23
Mute Swan
240
Gadwall
2
Eurasian Wigeon
Continuing males on Lighthouse Pond
210
American Wigeon
5
American Black Duck
35
Mallard
16
Northern Shoveler
60
Northern Pintail
24
Green-winged Teal (American)
6
Ring-necked Duck
20
Surf Scoter
12
Black Scoter
80
Surf/Black Scoter
1
Bufflehead
8
Ruddy Duck
2
Red-throated Loon
7
Common Loon
40
Northern Gannet
70
Double-crested Cormorant
1
Great Cormorant
2
Great Blue Heron
1
Great Egret
5
Black Vulture
25
Turkey Vulture
5
Osprey
3
Northern Harrier
110
Sharp-shinned Hawk
20
Cooper's Hawk
4
Bald Eagle
1
Red-shouldered Hawk
4
Red-tailed Hawk
3
American Coot
1
Killdeer
1
Ruddy Turnstone
1
Least Sandpiper
2
Parasitic Jaeger
20
Laughing Gull
60
Ring-billed Gull
85
Herring Gull (American)
2
Lesser Black-backed Gull
75
Great Black-backed Gull
15
Forster's Tern
50
Royal Tern
2
Black Skimmer
3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2
Mourning Dove
4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1
Blue-headed Vireo
4
Blue Jay
6
American Crow
4
Fish Crow
250
Tree Swallow
1
Barn Swallow
2
Carolina Chickadee
1
Marsh Wren
3
Carolina Wren
6
Golden-crowned Kinglet
4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
15
American Robin
2
Gray Catbird
2
Brown Thrasher
3
Northern Mockingbird
50
European Starling
15
American Pipit
3
Cedar Waxwing
3
Blackpoll Warbler
1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)
1
Pine Warbler
150
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
8
Field Sparrow
5
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
2
White-throated Sparrow
2
Savannah Sparrow
6
Song Sparrow
23
Swamp Sparrow
2
Northern Cardinal
700
Red-winged Blackbird
6
Eastern Meadowlark
4
Common Grackle
300
Brown-headed Cowbird
2
House Finch
12
Pine Siskin
50
American Goldfinch
15
House Sparrow

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