Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Brittany Welsh and CMBO volunteers, staff, family, and friends Temp: 53°F Winds: N mph Weather Conditions: clear The Big Sip was CMBO’s version of the Big Sit, an international birding event started by the New Haven Bird Club. During the Big Sit, individuals or teams compete to…...
A Meadows Afternoon – October 7, 2022
Leaders: Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 46 species Species Count Canada Goose 25 Blue-winged Teal 6 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 3 Mallard 8 Green-winged Teal 8 Mourning Dove 3 Virginia Rail 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Greater…...
Higbee Beach Birding – October 7, 2022
Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 68° F Winds:  W 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 7:30am Group 35 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker…...
Diane Cornell Wildlife Garden Project Event! – October 7, 2022
Leaders: Pat Sutton, Kristin Hock Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: The Diane Cornell Wildlife Garden Event was held by CMBO in partnership with Diane Cornell Wildlife Garden Project to teach people the benefits of planting for natives and giving them the some of the tools and knowledge they need to start…...
E-Z Birding at Cape May Point State Park – October 6, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 48 species Species Count Canada Goose 1 Mute Swan 40 Mallard 16 Mourning Dove 2 Laughing Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Common Tern 1 Royal Tern 5 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Blue Heron…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – October 5, 2022
Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 32 species Species Count Canada Goose 14 Mute Swan 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Mallard 14 Green-winged Teal 45 Mourning Dove 3 Common Nighthawk 1 Virginia Rail 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Laughing Gull 25 Lesser Black-backed Gull…...
Migration at the Point – October 5, 2022
Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 57°F Winds: N 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: partly sunny 75 species Species Count Mute Swan 21 Blue-winged Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 25 Mallard 10 Green-winged Teal 4 Ring-necked Duck 1 Black Scoter 39 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)…...