CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 44°F Winds: NW 27 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Birds were seeking shelter out of the wind this morning. A Belted Kingfisher came off the edge of a small pond. A first-of-season Blue- gray Gnatcatcher was foraging with a Golden-crowned Kinglet along a…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 58°F Winds: SE 29 mph Weather Conditions: rain The walk got off to an excellent start this morning when an American Bittern flew across the back of Bunker Pond. A short while later it, or another one, flew up and across again.…...

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Adehl Schwaderer Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Another fantastic day at the Meadows, with blue skies taking over the initial gray, no wind and temps around 50 degrees.  The American Oystercatchers have returned to nest on the beach and the bird banded as 38 was observed…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Fantastic sightings today of two Wilson’s Snipe and a Virginia Rail feeding out on the mud flats.  American Oystercatchers are back on the beach along with a number of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Red-winged Blackbird males are back…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 31°F Winds: NW 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: clear Glades Wildlife Refuge: Turkey Point – 8:00am 13 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 American Black Duck 6 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull 2 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1 Turkey Vulture…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 18 species Species Count Surf Scoter 125 Black Scoter 175 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10 American Oystercatcher 2 Bonaparte’s Gull 19 Laughing Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 15 Herring Gull 50 Great Black-backed Gull 38…...

Leaders: Kyle Chelius, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 30 species Canada Goose  3 Mute Swan  12 Northern Shoveler  20 Gadwall  14 Mallard  4 Green-winged Teal  8 Bufflehead  2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4 Mourning Dove  2 American Oystercatcher  3 Greater Yellowlegs  1 Herring Gull  10 Great Black-backed Gull  2…...

Leaders: Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 37°F Winds: N 6 mph Weather Conditions: One Harbor Seal sighted offshore. 30 species Species Count Canada Goose 1 Mute Swan 3 Gadwall 12 Mallard 8 Green-winged Teal 6 Surf Scoter 6 Black Scoter 4 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 35°F Winds: NNE 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Glade Wildlife Refuge: Turkey Point – 8:00am 12 species Species Count American Black Duck 14 Green-winged Teal 14 Ring-billed Gull 3 Herring Gull 4 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Bald Eagle…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Temp: 40°F Winds: NW 17 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy, some drizzle Two Eastern Phoebes graced our windy walk this morning, hawking for insects in a protected path at the back side of the park. Two Blue-winged Teal were present in the 3rd plover pond, American Oystercatchers are…...