CMBO Field Trip Reports

Birding the Meadows – July 17, 2023

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 33 species Species Count Canada Goose 30 Mallard 23   Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 1 American Oystercatcher 7   Killdeer 2 Least Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 11 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Laughing Gull 15 Lesser Black-backed…...

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Birding Cape May Point – July 15, 2023

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 75°F Winds:  SE 7 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy A very warm Saturday morning in July. Purple Martins were moving about constantly over the parking lot, ponds, and dunes while a few would land on the beach. The high-pitched shriek of Least Terns was…...

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Pollinators of South Jersey – July 13, 2023

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Kyle Rossner, Jack McDonough, Jackie and Keith Parker, Karen Thompson, MJ and Bill Roache. Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 9 Butterfly species Species Count Black Swallowtail 2 Cabbage White 6 Orange Sulfur 6 Eastern Tailed-Blue 2 Summer Azure 2 Pearl Crescent 9 Common Wood-Nymph 1 Sachem 1 Broad-winged…...

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Bird Walk for all People – July 13, 2023

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 84°F Winds:  S 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 38 species Species Count Canada Goose 48 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 18 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 4 American Oystercatcher 6 Killdeer 3 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 8 Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Laughing Gull…...

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Birds Before Beach – July 11, 2023

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom, Temp: 78°F Winds:  N 6 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 33 species Species Count Canada Goose 30 Mute Swan 12 Mallard 20 Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 5 Killdeer 3 Short-billed Dowitcher 7 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 24 Herring Gull 1…...

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Birding the Meadows – July 10, 2023

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 46 species Species Count Canada Goose 44 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 34 American Black Duck 1 Mourning Dove 2 American Oystercatcher 9 Least Sandpiper 20 Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 Short-billed Dowitcher 40 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs…...

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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – July 9, 2023

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 73°-77°F Winds:  SSE 10 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy 44 species Species Count Mallard 3 American Black Duck 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 12 American Oystercatcher 3 Short-billed Dowitcher 22 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Laughing Gull 36 Herring Gull 4 Great…...

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Birding Cape May Point – July 8, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 73°F Winds:  NE 4 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy We had a special treat to start the walk off this morning. Purple Martin chicks from the martin houses were being banded. This has been a very successful colony for many years and the federally…...

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A Meadows Morning – July 7, 2023

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, MJ Roache Temp: 78°F Winds:  SSE 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 40 species Species Count Canada Goose 36 Mallard 26 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 4 American Oystercatcher 8 Killdeer 4 Least Sandpiper 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 60 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 6…...

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Bird Walk for all People – July 6, 2023

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins, Shaun Bamford Temp: 82°F Winds:  SSE 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: fog/cloudy 36 species Species Count Canada Goose 28 Mute Swan 22 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 American Oystercatcher 3 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Laughing Gull 12…...

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