CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 68°F Winds: ENE 6 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy Birds are pretty quiet at this end-of-summer season; many of them are still here, just not calling much, making them harder to find. Baltimore Oriole, Green Heron, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and Eastern Kingbird were among the…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 74°F Winds: E 6 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Least and Semi-palmated Sandpipers can at times be ID challenges but not when they are 15 feet away and in the same binocular view, as was the case this morning along the Bunker Pond dune…...

Leaders (7:00am) group 1: Mary Watkins, Keith Parker Leaders (7:15am) group 2: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 78° F Winds: 0-3 mph Weather Conditions: sunny, warm 7:00am Group 35 species Species Count Mallard 2 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Laughing Gull 10 Herring Gull…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins Temp: 73°F Winds: WNW 10-15 mph Weather Conditions: clear 47 species Species Count Canada Goose 15 Mute Swan 56 Mallard 46 Wild Turkey 14 Mourning Dove 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Least Sandpiper 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper…...

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 66°- 72°F Winds: NNE 15 mph Weather Conditions: 32 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Mute Swan 65 Mallard 25 Mourning Dove 6 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 3 Least Sandpiper 12 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Greater…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 46 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mallard 5 American Black Duck 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1   Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Virginia Rail 3   Semipalmated Plover 3 Killdeer 2 Sanderling 65 Semipalmated Sandpiper…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Shaun Bamford Temp: 64°F Winds: S 4 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy There’s a steady trickle of migrant songbirds coming through Cape May these days and CHC WMA is a great place for them to spend some time on their southward journey. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-winged Warbler,…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 70°F Winds: N 8 mph Weather Conditions: Sunny Dragonflies, butterflies, and birds were all out this morning, seemingly, like us, enjoying the clear air and lower humidity. Blue Grosbeak, Green Heron and Glossy Ibis were all close along the edge of the…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins Temp: 82°F Winds: 0-2 mph Weather Conditions: overcast 45 species Species Count Mute Swan 72 Mallard 35 Mourning Dove 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Black-bellied Plover 2 Killdeer 5 Sanderling 3 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper…...

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 65 Mallard 5 Mourning Dove 6 Chimney Swift 1 Virginia Rail 2 American Oystercatcher 2 Semipalmated Plover 17 Killdeer 4 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Sanderling 70 Least Sandpiper 14 Semipalmated Sandpiper…...