Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker Temp: 72°F Winds: NW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: clear 28 species Species Count Mourning Dove 3 Clapper Rail 3 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Ruddy Turnstone 6 Sanderling 125 Semipalmated Sandpiper 45 Western Sandpiper 3 Laughing Gull 18 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring…...
Birding the Meadows – September 26, 2022
Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Sharon Meeker Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bill Roach, Mary Jane Roach Temp: 70° F Winds: 0-2 mph Weather Conditions: clear Ducks are starting to arrive, with Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal and Northern Shovelers present. The Snowy Egret and juvenile Little Blue Herons…...
Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – September 25, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford Temp: 65°F Winds: SW 10 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy Yellow-shafted Flicker was the bird of the day at CHC WMA. This medium-distance migrant was frequently seen flying overhead, flashing their yellow underwings and white rumps. As frequent targets of Cooper…...
Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – September 24, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 54°F Winds: NW 12 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy The Beanery provided some surprises on this morning’s field trip. We watched a near-adult Bald Eagle chase an Osprey, hoping to make it drop its fish; they repeatedly wheeled across the sky together before the…...
A Meadows Afternoon – September 23, 2022
Leaders: Bill Roache, Mary Jane Roache, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 147 Blue-winged Teal 8 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 2 Mallard 16 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 8 Mourning Dove 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Sanderling 5 Least Sandpiper 2 Pectoral…...
Higbee Beach Birding – September 23, 2022
Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Emily Miller Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bert Hixon, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker Temp: 60° F Winds: NW 15-28 mph Weather Conditions: clear 7:30am Group 34 species Species Count Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 6…...
E-Z Birding at Cape May Point State Park – September 22, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: SW 10-15 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Good raptor flight. Highlight was 7 Palm Warblers 34 species Species Count Canada Goose 3 Mute Swan 52 Mallard 18 American Black Duck 2 Green-winged Teal 11 Mourning Dove 5 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – September 21, 2022
Leaders: Jackie Parker, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 38 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 1 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 23 Green-winged Teal 9 Mourning Dove 19 Killdeer 3 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 7 Laughing Gull 11…...
Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 20, 2022
Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker Temp: 82°F Winds: W 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: clear 29 species Species Count Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 2 Semipalmated Plover 35 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sanderling 150 Dunlin 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 25 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 38 Ring-billed Gull 5 Herring Gull…...