Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 78°F Winds: SSW 12 mph Weather Conditions: 41 species Species Count Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 5 Chimney Swift 2 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 4 Least Sandpiper 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper 20 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Laughing Gull 65 Herring…...
Birding Cape May Point – August 6, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 74°F Winds: SSW 7 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy Even the parking lot at the State Park changes with the season. Today the flock of Laughing Gulls there included two birds-of-the-year, sporting the brown, white and gray plumage of the recently fledged; the…...
A Meadows Morning – August 5, 2022
Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 82°F Winds: S 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy 49 species Species Count Canada Goose 24 Mallard 48 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 American Oystercatcher 1 Killdeer 4 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 9 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Semipalmated…...
Bird Walk for all People – August 4, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 82°F Winds: WSW 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: hazy 35 species Species Count Canada Goose 20 Mute Swan 42 Mallard 38 American Black Duck 6 Mourning Dove 2 Killdeer 4 Least Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 36 Least Tern…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – August 3, 2022
Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 21 American Black Duck 3 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 American Avocet 1 American Oystercatcher 5 Semipalmated Plover 5 Killdeer 11 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Sanderling 125 Least Sandpiper 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper 7…...
Birds Before Beach – August 2, 2022
Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 77° – 79°F Winds: W 9 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 38 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 75 Mallard 12 Mourning Dove 4 American Oystercatcher 4 Killdeer 3 Sanderling 4 Least Sandpiper 5 Greater Yellowlegs…...
Birding the Meadows – August 1, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, MJ Roache, Barry Herschfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Quiet, foggy, and humid morning at the Meadows. Good variety of shorebirds. A real surprise was a Northern Waterthrush on the mudflats! 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mallard 7 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird…...
12 Parks and Trails to Explore in the Delaware River Watershed
Bouchoux Trail or Jensen’s Ledges overlooking the Upper Delaware River. Image courtesy of Scenic Wild Delaware River. By: Shelby Coulton, CDRW Communications Intern Exploring local parks and outdoor recreation areas are often our first experiences in nature when we’re young, and as we grow older these places continue to…...