Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 77°-83°F Winds: SW 13 mph Weather Conditions: 40 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 50 Mallard 8 Mourning Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Killdeer 2 Sanderling 8 Least Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 Short-billed Dowitcher 8…...
Birding the Meadows – August 8, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Mary Jane Roache Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: warm, sunny, and humid with a nice early breeze. 40 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mallard 12 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 American Oystercatcher 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 4 Sanderling 22 Least…...
Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – August 7, 2022
Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 78°F Winds: SSW 12 mph Weather Conditions: 41 species Species Count Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 5 Chimney Swift 2 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 4 Least Sandpiper 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper 20 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Laughing Gull 65 Herring…...
Birding Cape May Point – August 6, 2022
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…...