Leaders: Melissa Roach, Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard Temp: 60° F Winds:  15-25 mph Weather Conditions: overcast 40 species Species Count Brant 7 Canada Goose 8 Wood Duck 4 American Black Duck 1 Mourning Dove 2 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 300…...
E-Z Birding at the Point – October 28, 2021
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 61° F Winds:  5 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 56 species Species Count Canada Goose 40 Mute Swan 56 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 24 American Wigeon 48 Mallard 36 American Black Duck 2 Northern Pintail 6 Green-winged Teal 11 Ring-necked Duck 2…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – October 27, 2021
Leaders: Lynn Pollard, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 34 species Species Count Canada Goose 62 Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Mallard 67 Northern Pintail 4 Green-winged Teal 40 Surf/Black Scoter 60 Killdeer 2 Sanderling 55 Greater Yellowlegs 11 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 6 Lesser…...
Migration at the Point – October 27, 2021
Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 60° F Winds:  NNW 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: overcast 56 species Species Count Canada Goose 35 Mute Swan 9 Gadwall 30 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 26 Mallard 25 American Black Duck 15 Northern Pintail 3 Green-winged Teal 32 Ring-necked Duck 2…...
Birding the Meadows – October 25, 2021
Leaders (7:30am): Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson Leaders (7:45am): Bill Roache Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 7:30am Group 50 species Species Count Canada Goose 93 Mute Swan 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 1 Mallard 36 Green-winged Teal 24 Mourning Dove 2 Virginia Rail 1 Sora 1 Sanderling 55 Dunlin 40 Least Sandpiper…...
Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – October 23, 2021
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 50° F Winds:  N 4 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny Although we had the expected abundance of Yellow-rumped and Palm warblers, and seven species of sparrows, including Vesper and White-crowned, the birds with the most eye appeal were an Eastern Meadowlark and an insect-eating American Kestrel,…...
Higbee Beach Birding – October 22, 2021
Leaders (7:45am): Dave Pollard, Keith Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 7:45am group 31 species Species Count Mallard 1 Mourning Dove 5 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 8 Double-crested Cormorant 9 Turkey Vulture 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Bald Eagle 1 Barred Owl 1 Northern Flicker 15 Merlin…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – October 20, 2021
Leaders: Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 36 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 4 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 20 Mourning Dove 2 Virginia Rail 3 Killdeer 2 Sanderling 25 Semipalmated Sandpiper 10 Wilson’s Snipe 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs…...
Migration at the Point – October 20, 2021
Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 58 species Species Count Brant 2 Canada Goose 40 Mute Swan 7 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 30 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 25 Mallard 18 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 1 Ring-necked Duck 13 Black Scoter 275 Mourning Dove 6 Laughing…...