CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  41 species Species Count Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 Laughing Gull 6 American Herring Gull 2 Royal Tern 5 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Blue Heron 2 Osprey 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy…...

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Jackie & Keith Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  Butterflies: Monarch, Red Admiral, Zabulon Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper, Summer Azure, Broad-winged Skipper Dragonflies: Striped Saddlebags, Swamp Darner, Common Green Darner, Slaty Skimmer, Common Whitetail, Eastern Pondhawk, Blue Dasher, Needham’s Skimmer 49 species Species Count Canada Goose 1…...

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 75° F Winds: NW 8 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Increasing flocks of Tree Swallows were swirling overhead or resting on beach. 29 species Species Count Canada Goose 1 Mute Swan 12 Mallard 30 Mourning Dove 14 American Oystercatcher…...

Leaders Group 1: Karen Thompson, Ruth Bergstrom, MJ Roache Leaders Group 2: Bill Roache, Keith & Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Group 1 48 species Species Count Canada Goose 10 Mute Swan 3 Mallard 16 Mourning Dove 15 Chimney Swift 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 American Oystercatcher 4 Killdeer 1…...

Leaders: Jackie Parker, Holly Lemieux, Dennis McKane, Barry Hershfeld, Andrew Kimball Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  36 species Species Count Canada Goose 1 Mourning Dove 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Laughing Gull 7 American Herring Gull 2 Osprey 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Great…...

Leaders: Jackie & Keith Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  43 species Species Count Canada Goose 3 Mute Swan 9 Mallard 2 American Black Duck 11 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 American Oystercatcher 6 Sanderling 2 Laughing Gull 50 Ring-billed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Lesser…...

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 75° F Winds: ENE 9 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 35 species Species Count Canada Goose 5 Mute Swan 8 Mallard 5 Mourning Dove 12 American Oystercatcher 5 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sanderling 25 Laughing Gull 50 American Herring Gull 4 Great…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 78° F Winds: SSW 4 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny A Green Heron really put on a show for us this morning, as it foraged along the edge of one of the Plover Ponds showing off its vibrant colors in the morning…...

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Dennis McKane Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Mute Swan 11 Mallard 8 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 2 American Oystercatcher 4 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Sanderling 12 Least Sandpiper 6 Laughing Gull 35 American…...

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 77° F Winds: S 11 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy 32 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mute Swan 20 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 13 American Oystercatcher 9   Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Sanderling 12   Semipalmated Sandpiper 3…...