NJ Audubon

Cape May Fall Festival – October 16, 2022

Gulping and Gawking at Gulls: 7:30am-9:30am Leaders: Wildside Nature Tours Cape Island: 2nd Ave Jetty 25 species Species Count White-winged Scoter 1 Black Scoter 18 Surf/Black Scoter 30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 35 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Laughing Gull 6 Herring Gull 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull…...

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Cape May Fall Festival – October 15, 2022

Leader’s Choice Trolley Trip: 7:30am-10:30am Leaders: Warren Cairo, Claudia Burns, Karen Thompson Dennis Creek WMA: Conswell Rd – 8:06am 51 species Species Count Clapper Rail 3 Laughing Gull 10 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Forster’s Tern 1 Royal Tern 10 Double-crested Cormorant 7 Great Blue Heron 2 Great…...

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Cape May Fall Festival – October 14, 2022

Leader’s Choice Trolley Trip: 7:30am-10:30am Leaders: Michael O’Brien, Louise Zemaitis 62 species Species Count Mute Swan 1 Gadwall 3 American Wigeon 2 Northern Pintail 1 Surf Scoter 2 Black Scoter 10 Mourning Dove 10 peep sp. 1 Laughing Gull 20 Herring Gull 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull…...

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New Jersey Audubon Recognized for Outstanding Efforts in the Field of Community and Urban Forestry in New Jersey

On October 13, 2002, New Jersey Audubon, as well as NJ Audubon Director of Forestry Don Donnelly, received a 2022 NJ Urban & Community Forestry Achievement Award by the New Jersey Forest Service, the New Jersey Community Forestry Council, and the New Jersey Tree Foundation. The New Jersey Urban &…...

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Diane Cornell Wildlife Garden Project Event! – October 7, 2022

Leaders: Pat Sutton, Kristin Hock Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: The Diane Cornell Wildlife Garden Event was held by CMBO in partnership with Diane Cornell Wildlife Garden Project to teach people the benefits of planting for natives and giving them the some of the tools and knowledge they need to start…...

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CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH: Mid-September Update

Osprey. Photo by Gautam Apte. This past week has continued to bring great numbers of birds past the hawkwatch, putting our season total over 8,000 birds so far! Several cold fronts have brought many Sharp-shinned Hawks our way and this is shaping up to be the best season for that…...

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MORNING FLIGHT SONGBIRD COUNT 2022 – August 17-24

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers put in a good showing early this week. Photo by Gautam Apte. It’s been a fairly uneventful week up on top of the Higbee dike, but migration continues to push steadily on. As is typical in the early season, most days feature only a handful of neotropical migrants,…...

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