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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...