Leaders: Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 72°F Winds:  N 5 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy 48 species Species Count Canada Goose 26 Mallard 30 Mourning Dove 18 Chimney Swift 1 American Oystercatcher 12 Killdeer 6 Sanderling 46 Least Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Willet 1…...
Birding Cape May Point – July 22, 2023
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 72°F Winds:  N 5 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy Shorebirds are winging south again, having finished their quick northern breeding season; we had six species, including a fly-over Whimbrel. A Wood Duck tried unsuccessfully to hide in the reeds along Lighthouse Pond…...
Bird Walk for all People – July 20, 2023
Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins Temp: 83°F Winds: Weather Conditions: hazy Lots of fun birds and good scope views of more than one indigo bunting! 46 species Species Count Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 Canada Goose 20 Mute Swan 35 Mallard 30 Mourning Dove 7 Chimney Swift 3 American Oystercatcher…...
Birds Before Beach – July 18, 2023
Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 77°F Winds:  S 8 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy w/fog 30 species Species Count Canada Goose 24 Mute Swan 8 Mallard 25 Mourning Dove 2 American Oystercatcher 5 Killdeer 2 Least Sandpiper 3 Willet 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 9 Laughing Gull…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...