CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford Temp: 72° F Winds: NE 5 mph Weather Conditions:  cloudy Cox Hall Creek WMA had a nice mix of resident, breeder and migrant birds during this morning’s first-of-season walk. Eastern Wood Peewees are still singing, Ospreys are still fishing and migrating groups of Black-and-white…...

Leaders:  Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 75 °F Winds:  SW 7 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy The Park held a nice group of migrants today. Both Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers were feeding along the edges of the Plover Pond as three Blue-winged Teal flew overhead. The number of Trees Swallows…...

Leaders:  Melissa Roach, Barb Bassett Temp: 79 °F Winds:  S 2-5 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 22 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Black Scoter 1 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Ruddy Turnstone 3 Laughing Gull 14 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Osprey 1…...

Leaders:  Alan Crawford, Jackie Parker Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 46 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 34 Mourning Dove 10 American Oystercatcher 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 8 Red Knot 1 Sanderling 40 Least Sandpiper 10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 30 Short-billed Dowitcher 8 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary…...

Leaders:  Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 20 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 42 Mourning Dove 8 American Oystercatcher 3 Semipalmated Plover 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 25 Least Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 40 Short-billed Dowitcher 8 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 2…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 75° F Winds: SE 7 mph Weather Conditions:  cloudy The calls of Forster, Common and Least Terns are frequent and familiar sounds throughout the summer at the State Park. But today, as we approached the lookout on Al’s Pond, we heard a different tern. Wheeling…...

Leaders:  Bill Boyle, Jackie Parker, Alan Crawford Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 35 species Species Count Canada Goose 45 Mallard 5 Mourning Dove 41 American Oystercatcher 8 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 4 Sanderling 35 Semipalmated Sandpiper 36 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 10 Lesser Black-backed…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 39 species Species Count Canada Goose 33 Mallard 18 Chimney Swift 1 American Oystercatcher 3 Killdeer 3 Sanderling 5 Least Sandpiper 10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 100 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 7 Laughing Gull 36 Lesser Black-backed…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 65° F Winds: NE 5 mph Weather Conditions:  cloudy What a difference a day makes, especially in late July! The north winds overnight cooled us down and cleared the air, and also brought in some birds. We watched an American Redstart chasing…...