CMBO Field Trip Reports

Birding Cape May Point – September 9, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 77°F Winds: S 5mph Weather Conditions: cloudy White-eyed Vireos are on the move now and we heard several of them calling, with just brief glimpses of one individual. The locally breeding vireos had mostly quieted down after their breeding season and today’s…...

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Higbee Beach Birding – September 8, 2023

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Hot and Humid with a great group of folks and BIRDS! 34 species Species Count Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 2 Laughing Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 6 Cooper’s Hawk…...

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EZ Birding at Cape May Point State Park – September 7, 2023

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 41 species Species Count Canada Goose 5 Mute Swan 35 Wood Duck 1 Blue-winged Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 1 Mallard 40 Mourning Dove 6 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull…...

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Twilight Walk at the Meadows – September 6, 2023

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 40 species Species Count Canada Goose 9 Mallard 9 American Black Duck 1 Mourning Dove 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 American Oystercatcher 3 Semipalmated Plover 3 Killdeer 5 Sanderling 6 Least Sandpiper 4 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper…...

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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 5, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Lynn and Dave Pollard, Sharon Meeker, Deb Payson Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 32 species Species Count Mourning Dove 5 American Oystercatcher 5 Black-bellied Plover 2 Semipalmated Plover 45 Piping Plover 1 Ruddy Turnstone 3 Red Knot 3 Sanderling 60 Semipalmated Sandpiper 15 Willet 9 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 1…...

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Birding Northwood and Beyond – September 5, 2023

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Lynn and Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 77°F Winds: NNW 7mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy 38 species Species Count Mallard 3 Mourning Dove 12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier…...

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Birding the Meadows – September 4, 2023

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 30 species Species Count Canada Goose 26 Mallard 12 Green-winged Teal 1 Mourning Dove 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Sora 1 Semipalmated Plover 6 Killdeer 2 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 14 Greater Yellowlegs 2…...

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Birding Cape May Point – September 2, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 54°F Winds: N 4mph Weather Conditions: sunny The air was clear and cool for this morning’s State Park walk. A few Purple Martins linger there though most have left for staging areas further south. Tree Swallow numbers are building since thousands of…...

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A Meadows Afternoon – September 1, 2023

Leaders: Jackie Parker, Keith Parker, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 30 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 4 Mallard 8 Mourning Dove 4 Least Sandpiper 4 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 10 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Laughing Gull 15 Least…...

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Higbee Beach Birding – September 1, 2023

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 37 species Species Count Mourning Dove 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Laughing Gull 2 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 12 Osprey 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 2…...

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