CMBO Field Trip Reports

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Bill & MJ Roache, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 68° F Winds: Weather Conditions: light winds, a lovely day! 49 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 8 Black-necked Stilt 1 American Oystercatcher 8 Semipalmated Plover 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 6…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemieux Temp: 59° F Winds: NW 14 mph Weather Conditions: sunny A male Blue Grosbeak greeted us as we left the parking lot on this morning’s walk. Orchard orioles are back on their breeding territory, and one was singing close by.…...

Leaders: Bill & MJ Roache, Jackie Parker Temp: 60° F Winds: Weather Conditions: very foggy 53 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 6 American Black Duck 5 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 American Oystercatcher 3 Killdeer 1 Semipalmated Plover 4 Short-billed Dowitcher…...

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Jackie Parker, Sarah Thomasson Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: rain and wind 23 species Species Count Mute Swan 7 Mallard 6 American Oystercatcher 6 Killdeer 1 Laughing Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Least Tern 3 Forster’s Tern 4 Great Egret 2 Osprey 1 Great Crested…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Dennis McKane, Mark Lemieux Temp: 53° F Winds: E 20 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Birds were hunkered down in this morning’s windy drizzle but despite the inclement weather, Eastern Kingbirds were hawking insects over the meadows and Yellow-breasted Chats and Prairie Warbler were…...

Leaders: Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly Lemieux, Dennis McKane Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  28 species Species Count Mallard 3 Mourning Dove 2 American Oystercatcher 3 Laughing Gull 10 Royal Tern 4 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 7 Bald Eagle 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Great Crested…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, John McElroy, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 67°F Winds: NNE 17 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Heislerville WMA – 1:25pm 22 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 2 Black-bellied Plover 4 Semipalmated Plover 26 Short-billed Dowitcher 16 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Dunlin 18 White-rumped Sandpiper 3 Semipalmated…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: Maurice River Bridge – 7:30am 8 species  Species Count Double-crested Cormorant 2 Osprey 3 Tree Swallow 5 Barn Swallow 22 Marsh Wren 1 European Starling 4 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Common Grackle 2   Milville WMA–Lake Audrey – 7:55am 14 species  Species…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Holly Lemieux Temp: 83°F Winds: SSW 10-15 mph Weather Conditions: clear Stone Harbor Point – 4:47pm 21 species  Species Count Chimney Swift 1 American Oystercatcher 2 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 4 Willet (Eastern) 6 Sanderling 12 Laughing Gull 20 American Herring Gull 5 Great…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Guy Moody, Pam Hubert Temp: 75° F Winds: SW 10-15 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 7 Mute Swan 2   Mallard 3   Mourning Dove 9 Chimney Swift 9 American Oystercatcher 1 Killdeer 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 20 Willet 2 Laughing Gull…...