Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 38° F Winds: NNE 15 mph Weather Conditions: 31 species Species Count Mute Swan 1 American Wigeon 1 Mallard 2 American Black Duck 6 Ring-necked Duck 2 Surf Scoter 8 Black Scoter 12 Surf/Black Scoter 30 Hooded Merganser 6 Common Merganser 1…...
Birding Cape May Point – February 12, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 50° F Winds: SW 15 mph Weather Conditions: sunny The star of this morning’s walk was undoubtedly the hidden-in-plain-sight American Bittern, standing stock-still along the edge of Bunker Pond in the morning sunlight. Although we ended up with a nice variety of…...
Birding Cape May Point – February 5, 2022
Leaders: Kyle Chelius, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 21 species Canada Goose 14 Mute Swan 4 Northern Shoveler 12 Gadwall 16 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 20 American Black Duck 8 Northern Pintail 8 Bufflehead 3 Hooded Merganser 8 Mourning Dove 2 American Coot 1 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) …...
Brigantine and Mott’s Creek – January 23, 2022
Leaders: Chris Marks, Kyle Chelius, Mary Watkins, Michael McCabe Temp: 37° F Winds: NE 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: clear Edwin B. Forsythe NWR Wildlife Drive– 1:40pm 41 species Species Count Snow Goose 1500 Canada Goose 125 Northern Shoveler 175 Gadwall 65 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 28 American Black Duck 250…...
Birding Cape May Point – January 22, 2022
Leaders: Kyle Chelius, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 39 species Canada Goose 30 Mute Swan 2 Northern Shoveler 8 Gadwall 18 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 20 Ring-necked Duck 18 Bufflehead 1 Hooded Merganser 4 Ruddy Duck 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 8 Herring Gull 3 Double-crested…...
Birding Cape May Point – January 15, 2022
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Kyle Chelius, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 34 species Canada Goose 32 Mute Swan 6 Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 6 Mallard 20 Green-winged Teal 2 Ring-necked Duck 20 Lesser Scaup 4 Bufflehead 4 Hooded Merganser 2 Mourning Dove 7 Herring Gull 4 Double-crested Cormorant …...
Kick Off Your Year List 2022 – January 1, 2022
Leaders: Melissa Roach, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Alan Crawford Temp: 50-55° F Winds: 0-5 mph Weather Conditions: rain/fog Mild temperatures throughout the day (low to mid 50s) and light wind. However, heavy fog and rain persisted until about 2pm. Despite the dreary weather, we still saw a good number of…...