Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Alan Crawford Temp: 71°F Winds: SE 8 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy The quiet in the parking lot at CHC WMA didn’t bode well for our walk this morning. But we hadn’t gone far when Roger spotted a bird, visibly vested even from a distance, perched…...
Hawks, Trails, and Beach – September 10, 2022
Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 37 species Species Count Mute Swan 60 Mallard 6 Killdeer 2 Least Sandpiper 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 12 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Black Tern 1 Snowy Egret 2 Little Blue…...
Birding Cape May Point – September 10, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Temp: 60°F Winds: N 8 mph Weather Conditions: partly sunny The ponds at the State Park held the treasures this morning. Wood Duck, Glossy Ibis, Green and Little Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Green and Blue-winged Teal and Great Egret were all on Lighthouse Pond. Songbirds…...
A Meadows Afternoon – September 9, 2022
Leaders: Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 31 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 3 Mallard 45 Green-winged Teal 9 Mourning Dove 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 6 Black Skimmer…...
Higbee Beach Birding – September 9, 2022
Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Adehl Schwaderer, Chris Marks, Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bert Hixon, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 7:30am Group 34 species Species Count Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Laughing Gull 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker…...
E-Z Birding at Cape May Point State Park – September 8, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: partly sunny Beautiful weather! Highlights included good flyover flocks of White Ibis, 2 cooperative juvenile Little Blue Heron and a nice yellow warbler show. 46 species Species Count Mute Swan 68 Blue-winged Teal 2 Mallard 12 Green-winged…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – September 7, 2022
Leaders: Jackie Parker, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 48 American Black Duck 2 Green-winged Teal 7 Mourning Dove 11 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Semipalmated Plover 16 Sanderling 6 Least Sandpiper 9 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated…...
Migration at the Point – September 7, 2022
Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 70°F Winds: NE 2-5 mph Weather Conditions: drizzle 38 species Species Count Mute Swan 3 Mourning Dove 11 Chimney Swift 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Sanderling 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Laughing Gull 76 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2…...
Birding the Meadows – September 5, 2022
Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Bill Roache, Mary Jane Roache Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 32 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 8 Mourning Dove 4 Virginia Rail 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 1 Sanderling 1 Least Sandpiper 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs…...