Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 70° F Winds:  SW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions:  sunny 31 species Species Count Mute Swan 5 Mallard 3 Mourning Dove 12 Chimney Swift 6 Laughing Gull 18 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Least Tern 5 Common Tern 3 Forster’s Tern 8 Double-crested…...
Birding the Meadows – May 24, 2021
Leaders:  Group 1: Melissa Roach, Jackie Parker, Ruth Bergstrom Group 2: Mary Jane Roache, Bill Roache, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 63 °F Winds:  E 15 mph Weather Conditions: overcast Group 1 – 7:30am 47 species Species Count Canada Goose 14 Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 12 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)…...
Belleplain Hotspots – May 22, 2021
Leaders:  Chris Marks, Shaun Bamford Temp: 72 °F Winds:  WNW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: clear 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Laughing Gull 12 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1 Glossy Ibis 26 Turkey Vulture 3 Broad-winged…...
Higbee Beach Birding – May 21, 2021
Leaders: Â Chris Marks, Guy Moody Temp:Â Winds: Weather Conditions: 36 species Species Count Mourning Dove 4 Laughing Gull 15 Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey 3 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 3 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 4 American…...
A Meadows Afternoon – May 21, 2021
Leaders: Mary Jane Roache, Jackie Parker, Mary Watkins Temp:Â Winds: Weather Conditions: 29 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan 6 Blue-winged Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 2 American Oystercatcher 4 Semipalmated Plover 6 Killdeer 4 Dunlin 2 Least Sandpiper 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Short-billed Dowitcher…...
Birds of Nummy Island – May 19, 2021
Leaders: S. Bamford, C. Marks, Alan Crawford Temp: 88 °F Winds:  E 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: clear Nummy Island – 4:31 pm 27 species Species Count Mallard 2 Clapper Rail 6 Black-bellied Plover 20 Semipalmated Plover 5 Whimbrel 10 Dunlin 40 Semipalmated Sandpiper 34 Western Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 28…...
E-Z Birding at Northwood – May 18, 2021
Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 58–62 °F Winds:  0-5 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 38 species Species Count Mute Swan 10 Mallard 4 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 7 Laughing Gull 15 Herring Gull 1 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Warbling…...