Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 74°F Winds: SSW 7 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy Even the parking lot at the State Park changes with the season. Today the flock of Laughing Gulls there included two birds-of-the-year, sporting the brown, white and gray plumage of the recently fledged; the…...
A Meadows Morning – August 5, 2022
Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 82°F Winds: S 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy 49 species Species Count Canada Goose 24 Mallard 48 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 American Oystercatcher 1 Killdeer 4 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 9 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Semipalmated…...
Bird Walk for all People – August 4, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 82°F Winds: WSW 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: hazy 35 species Species Count Canada Goose 20 Mute Swan 42 Mallard 38 American Black Duck 6 Mourning Dove 2 Killdeer 4 Least Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 36 Least Tern…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – August 3, 2022
Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 21 American Black Duck 3 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 American Avocet 1 American Oystercatcher 5 Semipalmated Plover 5 Killdeer 11 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Sanderling 125 Least Sandpiper 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper 7…...
Birds Before Beach – August 2, 2022
Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 77° – 79°F Winds: W 9 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 38 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 75 Mallard 12 Mourning Dove 4 American Oystercatcher 4 Killdeer 3 Sanderling 4 Least Sandpiper 5 Greater Yellowlegs…...
Birding the Meadows – August 1, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, MJ Roache, Barry Herschfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Quiet, foggy, and humid morning at the Meadows. Good variety of shorebirds. A real surprise was a Northern Waterthrush on the mudflats! 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mallard 7 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird…...
Birding Cape May Point – July 30, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Adehl Schwaderer, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 78° F Winds: NW 12 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny Shorebirds are on the move now. We had 7 Solitary Sandpipers along with a few yellowlegs, Least Sandpipers and Killdeer around the ponds. Small flocks of both Glossy and White…...
Bird Walk for all People – July 28, 2022
Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 82° F Winds: SSW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy 46 species Species Count Canada Goose 24 Mute Swan 52 Gadwall 6 Mallard 36 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 American Oystercatcher 2 Killdeer…...
Birds Before Beach – July 26, 2022
Leaders: Dave Pollard, Shaun Bamford, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 77° F Winds: NNW 9 mph Weather Conditions: 39 species Species Count Mute Swan 55 Mallard 4 Mourning Dove 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 American Oystercatcher 2 Killdeer 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 2…...
Birding the Meadows – July 25, 2022
Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Barb Bassett Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 41 species Species Count Canada Goose 10 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 3 American Oystercatcher 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 4 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Sanderling 15 Least Sandpiper 25 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 75 Short-billed…...