View From The Cape

Leaders Group 1: Guy & Susan Moody Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Sunny but very hot (mid-80s) and muggy and very little breeze. Group 1 21 species Species Count Canada Goose 20 Northern Shoveler 1 Mourning Dove 3 Ring-billed Gull 50 American Herring Gull…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Pam Hubert. Temp: 67°F Winds: SW 5-8 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 Surf Scoter 41 Black Scoter 32 Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 American Herring Gull 9 Great Black-backed…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, John McElroy, Holly Lemieux, Dennis McKane Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: c Stone Harbor southern Dunes & Beach from 122 St. to southern jetty – 4:31pm 17 species Species Count American Oystercatcher 3 Black-bellied Plover 2 Semipalmated Plover 11 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Sanderling 13 American…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Alan & Robin Crawford, Pam Hubert Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: low to mid 60s, bright and sunny, with little to no breeze. 14 participants joined us for a great morning of birding around Lily Lake, with good numbers of warblers around Northwood and the north…...

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Chet Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  25 species Species Count Mourning Dove 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Little Blue Heron 1 Snowy Egret 3 Great Egret 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 4…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford, Pam Hubert Temp: 67°F Winds: E 18 mph Weather Conditions: RAIN Maybe people are right when they say birders are crazy. A steady rain fell for the entire walk this morning and nine intrepid birders showed up and finished the walk.…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Holly Lemieux, Pam Hubert, Tyler Savage Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:  31 species Species Count Mute Swan 13 Gadwall 1 Mallard 7 Common Gallinule 1 American Herring Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Double-crested Cormorant 74 White Ibis 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 15 Osprey 2…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Tyler Savage Temp: 58°F Winds: NE 6 mph Weather Conditions: overcast The star of today’s bird walk at the Rea Farm was definitely the Yellow-billed Cuckoo that gave us a great show. It sat still in good light for prolonged periods, enabling us…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald Temp: 64° – 74° F Winds: NW/SE 10 Weather Conditions: mostly sunny Cape Island–CMP–Coral Ave. dune crossing – 8:22am 46 species  Species Count Surf Scoter 3 Black Scoter 8 Mourning Dove 3 Parasitic Jaeger 2 Laughing Gull 5 American Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 4 Lesser…...

Leaders: Jackie & Keith Parker, Aislinn Shilcusky, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 64°F Winds: W 10 mph Weather Conditions: Sunny 42 species Species Count Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2   Double-crested Cormorant 2 Osprey 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Northern Harrier 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker…...