CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 51° F Winds:  WSW 5 mph Weather Conditions: sunny The arrival of Yellow-rumped warblers was very evident this morning at the Rea Farm as they flitted and chipped along the pond edges. The fall influx of sparrows has also begun; we had a White-…...

Leaders (7:30am group): Melissa Roach, Chris Marks, Jackie Parker Leaders (7:45am group): Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 7:30 am group 43 species Species Count Canada Goose 14 Wood Duck 2 Mourning Dove 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Herring Gull 1 Common Loon 1 Great Egret 1 Turkey…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: sunny Lovely day in the park. Highlights include perched Kestrel and Bald Eagle on the beach with a Brown Pelican beach floating by. 43 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 56 Blue-winged Teal 8 Gadwall 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1…...

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 24 Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 8 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 4 Mallard 30 Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 1 Green-winged Teal 20 Mourning Dove 8 Common Nighthawk 1 Virginia Rail 4 Sora 1…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 65° F Winds:  NW 10-12 mph Weather Conditions: clear 50 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 7 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 3 Mallard 24 Northern Pintail 3 Green-winged Teal 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6 Mourning Dove 6 Laughing…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker Temp: 75° F Winds:  NW 10 mph Weather Conditions: overcast 25 species Species Count Mourning Dove 2 Semipalmated Plover 25 Piping Plover 7 Sanderling 300 Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Western Sandpiper 5 Laughing Gull 8 Ring-billed Gull 3 Herring Gull 45 Lesser Black-backed Gull…...

Leaders (7:30am group): Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson Leaders (7:45am group): Bill Roache, Mary Jane Roache Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:   7:30 am group 37 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 3 Mallard 14 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 16 Mourning Dove 1 Killdeer 2 Least Sandpiper…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford Temp: 65° F Winds:  N 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Walking down the trail at CHC WMA this morning, we encountered one flock after another of feeding songbirds.  Palm and Black-and- white Warblers, Baltimore Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Pine Warblers, birds were hungry…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 73° F Winds:  NNE 4 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 40 species Species Count Mute Swan 24 Blue-winged Teal 8 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 2 Mallard 6 American Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal 6 Mourning Dove 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Laughing Gull…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 63° F Winds:  N 8 mph Weather Conditions: sunny The “Beanery” gave us ample opportunity to listen to bird song, and bird chips, this morning. Carolina Wrens were their usual boisterous selves, Gray Catbirds crackled and meowed in the underbrush, and Brown Thrashers…...