CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: warming weather with occasional sunny breaks Lots of birdsong! Highlights include 2 common ravens gathering nesting materials. Good looks at indigo bunting, Prothonotary warbler and great crested flycatcher. 55 species Species Count Mute Swan 1…...

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bill Roach, Mary Jane Roach, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: sunny 7:30am Group 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Blue-winged Teal 1 Gadwall 3 Mallard 8 Mourning Dove 2 American Oystercatcher 3…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 60°F Winds:  WSW 10 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny. 52 species Species Count Mallard 4 Mourning Dove 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Sanderling 12 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Laughing Gull 50 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull 7 Great…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Barry Hershfeld, Alan Crawford Temp: 60°F Winds:  W 9 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny. Cox Hall Creek WMA was the place to be this morning! After we saw and listened to the Kentucky Warbler for a few minutes, we continued down the path into the wet…...

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, MJ Roache, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: sunny 30 species Species Count Canada Goose 3 Mute Swan 10 Mallard 2 Chimney Swift 6 American Oystercatcher 1 Laughing Gull 8 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Least Tern 6 Forster’s Tern 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Black…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld, Sharon Meeker Temp: 48°F Winds:  N 8 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Finally, a warm, sunny, windless morning, the better to see birds perched up and singing! Prairie Warblers, Yellow-breasted Chats and Indigo Buntings are back at Garrett Preserve. White-eyed Vireos are…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks Temp: 48°- 64°F Winds:  NW 1-3 mph Weather Conditions: clear, early fog. 49 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Wild Turkey 2 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Laughing Gull 29 Turkey Vulture 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Acadian Flycatcher…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Jackie Parker, Barry Hershfeld, Sharon Meeker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: mostly sunny. 45 species Species Count Mallard 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Laughing Gull 5 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Common Loon 2 Double-crested Cormorant…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford Chris Marks Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 56°F Winds: N 10-15 mph Weather Conditions: overcast. Heislerville WMA – 1:28pm 33 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 American Black Duck 2 Bufflehead 1 Clapper Rail 4 Black-bellied Plover 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Dunlin 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 4…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Barry Hershfeld, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 44°F Winds:  WNW 9 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny. 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mourning Dove 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Laughing Gull 6 Herring Gull 2 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Phoebe…...