CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, MJ Roache, Holly Lemieux Temp: 72° F Winds: ENE 5-6 mph Weather Conditions: rain, storms 25 species Species Count Semipalmated Plover 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Willet (Eastern) 1 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Least Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 38 Laughing Gull 8…...

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 74° F Winds: SSE 5 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny with fog Good looks at a Black-crowned Night Heron, close shorebirds, and a small group of Snowy Egrets. 36 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 20 Mallard 20…...

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Ruth Bergstrom, John McElroy, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 76° – 80° F Winds: E 4 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny with fog over the ocean Most Least Tern chicks are flying, two oystercatcher chicks were present. Increasing number of shorebirds. Nice flyover flocks of White and Glossy Ibis.…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly Lemieux, Mark Lemieux Temp: 71°F Winds: ENE 7 mph Weather Conditions: sunny It looks and sounds like summer at the State Park. Purple Martins are calling and swooping. Young, spot- breasted American Robins are begging the adults for food, and Field Sparrows…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Brian Moscatello, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 71°F Winds: ENE 7 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Good looks at the healthy Purple Martin colony, several Osprey carrying fish and a nice flock of White Ibis. 27 species Species Count Canada Goose 16 Mute Swan 20 Mallard 30 Black…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Alan Crawford, Carrie Bell Temp: 68°F Winds: N 18 mph Weather Conditions: sunny The group enjoyed a sunny, cool breezy morning after a night of rain. Good looks at Least Tern chicks, and one American Oystercatcher pair with two chicks. 46 species Species Count Canada…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Chris & Gerry Dewaghe Temp: 75°F Winds: ESE 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: clear 23 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 1 Mallard 24 American Black Duck 2 Mourning Dove 4 Laughing Gull 28 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 4 Forster’s Tern 2…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld, Dennis McKane Temp: 70°F Winds: NE 10-14 mph Weather Conditions: clear 33 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mallard 12 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 4 American Oystercatcher 12 Killdeer 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Willet (Eastern) 2 Greater Yellowlegs…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave and Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins Temp: 75°F Winds: NW 9-10 mph Weather Conditions: overcast – partly cloudy 34 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 24 Mallard 12 Black Scoter 1 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 3 American Oystercatcher 6 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 8…...

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Ruth Bergstrom, Shaun Bamford, Bernie Hodgdon Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 33 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mute Swan 12 Mallard 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 6 American Oystercatcher 5 Killdeer 1 Laughing Gull 18 Herring Gull 8 Great Black-backed Gull 10 Least Tern…...