Triple Play Trolley Trip: 6:30am-12:00pm Leaders: Tom Reed, Alan Crawford Higbee Beach: Morning Flight – 7:03am 7 species Species Count Double-crested Cormorant 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Crow 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Carolina Wren 4 Song Sparrow 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 Â Cape May Point State Park – 8:27am 28…...
NJ Audubon’s Cape May Fall Festival 2023 – October 20, 2023
TNC’s South Cape May Meadows: 7:30am-9:30am Leaders (Group 1): Karen Thompson, Hank Burk, Bill Boyle 30 species – Group 1 Species Count Canada Goose 122 Mute Swan 4 Blue-winged Teal 5 Mallard 10 American Black Duck 1 Green-winged Teal 14 Mourning Dove 2 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Lesser…...
Migration at the Point – October 18, 2023
Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 55°F Winds: N 2-5mph Weather Conditions: sunny 61 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 6 Wood Duck 1 Northern Shoveler 3 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 13 Mallard 9 American Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 6 Surf Scoter…...
Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 17, 2023
Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Dave and Lynn Pollard. Temp: 62°F Winds: NW 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Stone Harbor Point – 4:28pm 26 species Species Count Black Scoter 40 Black-bellied Plover 5 Ruddy Turnstone 3 Sanderling 75 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull…...
Birding the Meadows – October 16, 2023
Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Bill Roache, MJ Roache, Sharon Meeker, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 46 species Species Count Mute Swan 5 Wood Duck 1 Blue-winged Teal 2 Mallard 8 American Black Duck 3 Virginia Rail 1 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 9 Lesser Black-backed…...
Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – October 15, 2023
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Alan Crawford Temp: 52°F Winds: NW 17mph Weather Conditions: sunny 29 species Species Count Mourning Dove 2 Herring Gull (American) 1 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1 Turkey Vulture 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Bald Eagle 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1…...
Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – October 14, 2023
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 54°F Winds: SW 8mph Weather Conditions: cloudy The Beanery was full of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Swamp Sparrows this morning. We had good views of Merlins, Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, both perched and in flight. Ospreys are still present in small numbers and…...
Higbee Beach Birding – October 13, 2023
Leaders (group 1): Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard Leaders (group 2): Mary Watkins, Sally Lorbach, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 64° F Winds:  NNW 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear Beautiful, almost windless, sunny morning. Plenty of yellow-rumped warblers and a nice mix of others. Highlights included Mourning Warbler, Swainson’s…...
EZ Birding at Cape May Point State Park – October 12, 2023
Leaders: Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon, Mary Watkins Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 68 species Species Count Canada Goose 17 Mute Swan 19 Blue-winged Teal 6 Gadwall 10 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 10 Mallard 32 American Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail 13 Green-winged Teal 45 Ring-necked Duck 1 Ruddy Duck 6…...