CMBO Field Trip Reports

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – September 28, 2024

Leaders (group 1): Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Leaders (group 2): Jackie & Keith Parker, Alan Crawford Temp: 71° F Winds:  SE 4 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy with light drizzle We had lingering looks at both male and female Wood Ducks this morning, as a flock of about eight birds swam back…...

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A Meadows Afternoon – September 27, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Jackie & Keith Parker Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford, Pam Hubert Temp: 73° F Winds:  0 mph Weather Conditions: very cloudy with occasional drizzle and a light breeze. Group 1 32 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 2 Mallard 40 American Black Duck…...

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Higbee Beach Birding – September 27, 2024

Leaders (group 1): Chris Marks, Jackie & Keith Parker, Barry Hershfeld Leaders (group 2): Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Quiet morning but nice birds from beach including brown pelicans, bald eagle and merlin. Group 1 25 species Species Count Mourning Dove 2 Laughing Gull 23…...

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EZ Birding at Cape May Point State Park – September 26, 2024

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Pam Hubert, John McElroy Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 34 species Species Count Canada Goose 9 Mute Swan 28 Northern Shoveler 6 Mallard 15 Green-winged Teal 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 3 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 12 Royal Tern 16 Double-crested Cormorant…...

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Twilight Walk at the Meadows – September 26, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Alan & Robin Crawford Leaders Group 2: Jackie & Keith Parker, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 70° F Winds:  0 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, light breeze. Group 1 28 species Species Count Canada Goose 160 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 45 Mourning Dove 12 Lesser Yellowlegs 14 Herring Gull…...

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Migration at the Point – September 25, 2024

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Holly Lemieux Temp: 69° F Winds: ESE 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: overcast 53 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 5 Blue-winged Teal 11 Mallard 35 American Black Duck 4 Green-winged Teal 21 Black Scoter 24 Mourning Dove 5 Killdeer 1 Ruddy Turnstone 3…...

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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 24, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker Temp: 68°F Winds: E 14-19 mph Weather Conditions: overcast Stone Harbor Point – 5:00pm 13 species Species Count Black-bellied Plover 3 Semipalmated Plover 12 Willet (Western) 18 Ruddy Turnstone 6 Sanderling 40 Semipalmated Sandpiper 8 Laughing Gull 12 Herring Gull 35 Great Black-backed…...

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Birding Northwood and Beyond – September 24, 2024

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Alan & Robin Crawford, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 68° F Winds: ENE 8 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy 39 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Herring Gull 1 Snowy Egret 1 Great Egret 1 Great Blue Heron…...

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Birding the Meadows – September 23, 2024

Leaders Group 1:  Bill Boyle, Bill & MJ Roache Leaders Group 2: Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 64° F Winds: Weather Conditions: A pleasant, partly cloudy morning, with a light breeze and temps starting in the low 60s. Ocean nearly flat. CMBO “Birding the Meadows” walk, with eight participants from…...

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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – September 22, 2024

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Pam Hubert, Barry Hershfeld, Temp: 67° – 75° F Winds: Weather Conditions: a light breeze, but the clouds gave way to sun by the end of the walk 40 species Species Count Mallard 4 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 23 Mourning Dove 2 Laughing Gull 4 Herring Gull…...

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