CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Pam Hubert. Temp: 48°- 58° F Winds: SE 5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 53 species Species Count Black Scoter 6 Mourning Dove 14 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Laughing Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 American Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Royal Tern 5…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, John McElroy, Holly Lemieux Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Stone Harbor Point – 4:29pm 17 species Species Count Mourning Dove 1 Sanderling 25 American Herring Gull 9 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Double-crested Cormorant 30 Bald Eagle 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Tree Swallow 50 Carolina…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, MJ & Bill Roache, Alan & Robin Crawford Temp: 58°- 62° F Winds: NW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: sunny and cool 48 species Species Count Mute Swan 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 Mourning Dove 8 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1 Black…...

Leaders Group 1: Karen Thompson, Bill & MJ Roache Leaders Group 2: Alan Crawford & Barry Hershfeld Temp: 60° F Winds: NW 5 mph Weather Conditions: clouds Multiple raptors, herons and kingfishers, topped off by a Clay-colored Sparrow. Best of all was the banded American Oystercatcher, J-34, who was tagged…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Alan Crawford, Pam Hubert, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 65° F Winds: E 15 mph Weather Conditions: light rain Today was a day of streaming migrants at CHC WMA. Palm Warblers, Gray Catbirds, Bluejays and Northern Flickers, mostly segregated by species, were in constant motion. We had…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Dennis McKane Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Cape Island–CMP–Coral Ave. dune crossing – 8:43am 45 species  Species Count American Wigeon 4 Mallard 3 American Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail 1 Surf Scoter 4 Black Scoter 19 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Holly Lemieux, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  33 species Species Count American Black Duck 2 Mourning Dove 30 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Double-crested Cormorant 11 Green Heron 1 Great Blue Heron 14 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 23 American Kestrel 2…...

Leaders Group 1: Jackie & Keith Parker, Pam Hubert Leaders Group 2: Robin & Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Sunny, warm, and humid, with a light breeze. The beach continues to be inaccessible due to the lake left by the recent nor’easter, but good numbers of gulls were clustered…...

Leaders: Jackie & Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon, Aislinn Shilcusky, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  32 species Species Count Double-crested Cormorant 2 Osprey 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 40 Merlin 2 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 25 American Crow 4…...

Leaders: Alan & Robin Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Pleasantly warm and partly cloudy with a very light breeze and gorgeous sunset. 28 species Species Count Canada Goose 18 Mute Swan 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Mourning Dove 12 Laughing Gull 5 American Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull…...