Leaders: Bert Hixon, Mary Watkins, BJ Pinnock Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Sunny with minimal wind! Great Bald Eagle and harrier looks. Woodcocks actively displaying in the woods. 17 species Species Count Snow Goose 2500 Canada Goose 22 American Black Duck 6 Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal 30 Bufflehead 25 Clapper…...
Birding on the Barrier Islands – February 25, 2023
Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 34°F Winds: ENE 5-7 mph Weather Conditions: light snow/sleet Stone Harbor Point – 12:56pm 20 species Species Count American Black Duck 4 Black Scoter 8 Long-tailed Duck 12 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Horned Grebe 2 American Oystercatcher 2 Ruddy Turnstone 1…...
Birding Cape May Point – February 25, 2023
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 28°F Winds: SE 10 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny The parking lot seemed unusually quiet as we started out this morning, no Carolina Wrens, or mockingbirds in evidence. But the Northern Gannets were putting on a show over the ocean and scoters…...
Sunday Morning at Turkey Point – February 19, 2023
Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 37°F Winds: S 8-10 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Glades Wildlife Refuge: Turkey Point – 8:00am 20 species Species Count Snow Goose 125 American Black Duck 18 Common Merganser 2 Ring-billed Gull 4 Herring Gull 2 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 7…...
Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – February 12, 2023
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 38°F Winds: NE 5 mph Weather Conditions: steady rain 12 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 American Black Duck 4 Black Scoter 3 Bonaparte’s Gull 1 Herring Gull 2 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Bald Eagle 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 American Crow 2 Carolina…...
Longtails in Love – February 11, 2023
Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jack McDonough Temp: 50°F Winds: WSW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Avalon 8th St. jetty: Avalon Seawatch – 11:52am 16 species Species Count Harlequin Duck 1 Surf Scoter 26 Black Scoter 2 Long-tailed Duck 16 Bufflehead 1 Red-breasted Merganser 8 Dunlin 42 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull…...
Birding Cape May Point – February 10, 2023
Leaders: Kyle Chelius, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 30 species Canada Goose 14 Mute Swan 4 Tundra Swan 2 Northern Shoveler 20 Gadwall 14 American Wigeon 2 Mallard 20 American Black Duck 4 Green-winged Teal 2 Black Scoter 2 Bufflehead 6 Hooded Merganser 2 American Coot 2 Herring Gull …...
