CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Jackie Parker, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 48 American Black Duck 2 Green-winged Teal 7 Mourning Dove 11 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Semipalmated Plover 16 Sanderling 6 Least Sandpiper 9 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 70°F Winds: NE 2-5 mph Weather Conditions: drizzle 38 species Species Count Mute Swan 3 Mourning Dove 11 Chimney Swift 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Sanderling 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Laughing Gull 76 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Bill Roache, Mary Jane Roache Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 32 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 8 Mourning Dove 4 Virginia Rail 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 1 Sanderling 1 Least Sandpiper 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 65°F Winds: N 8 mph Weather Conditions: sunny There is a great mix of birds around right now. The shorebird variety is good; we had Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpiper along with Least, Semi-palmated, and Solitary, and Semi-palmated Plover. Six Tricolored Herons circled…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 40 species Species Count Mute Swan 80 Mallard 45 Mourning Dove 4 Killdeer 4 Least Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 14 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 10 Great Black-backed Gull 7 Royal Tern 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 83°F Winds: 0-2 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Multiple Bald Eagles and migrating shorebirds were seen, along with Eastern Kingbirds and a Northern Waterthrush from the blind. 38 species Species Count Canada Goose 77 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 10 Rock Pigeon…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 75°F Winds: E 5 mph Weather Conditions: hazy and humid We walked the back trail through the woods at CHC WMA this morning. A Veery popped into view amongst some robins, a couple of Ovenbirds walked on the ground, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 70°F Winds: N 0-5 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy It sounds like late summer at the State Park, with Royal Terns calling from out over the water. We had to sort carefully through the Snowy Egrets to find a hatch-year Little Blue…...

Leaders (7:00am) group 1: Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Bernie Hodgdon Leaders (7:15am) group 2: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 78° F Winds:  SW 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 7:00am Group 35 species Species Count Mourning Dove 6 Laughing Gull 4 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 3…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 83°F Winds: S 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 49 species Species Count Mute Swan 81 Mallard 46 Green-winged Teal 5 Mourning Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 9 Hudsonian Godwit 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 32…...