View From The Cape

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, John McElroy, Pam Hubert, Holly LeMieux Temp: 60° F Winds: SE 9 mph Weather Conditions: clear blue skies, and nearly calm winds. 49 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mute Swan 32 Blue-winged Teal 8 Gadwall 5 Mallard 80 American Black Duck 1 Northern Pintail…...

Leaders Group 1:  Jackie & Keith Parker, Ruth Bergstrom Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 70° F Winds:  ENE 10 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny Good view of an American bittern, nice showing of Great Blue Herons towards the end but the Merlin show was the…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 67° F Winds: ENE 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny Lighthouse parking area to Coral Ave. beach/dune crossing to Lily Lake. 74 species Species Count Canada Goose 3 Mute Swan 9 Blue-winged Teal 18 Northern Shoveler 1 Mallard 17 American Black Duck…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Holly Lemieux, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 70°F Winds: E 16-24 mph Weather Conditions: overcast Stone Harbor Point – 4:34pm 12 species Species Count Black-bellied Plover 2 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Sanderling 150 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Laughing Gull 6 Herring Gull 12 Great Black-backed Gull 4 Lesser Black-backed…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Alan & Robin Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Exceptional morning of birding with pockets of warblers at various locations, kingfishers putting on a show over Lily Lake and a nice variety of raptors. 60 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Mallard 6 Pied-billed Grebe 1…...

Leaders Group 1:  Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Barry Hershfeld Leaders Group 2: Bill & MJ Roache, Holly Lemieux Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Group 1 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 41 Mute Swan 2 Northern Shoveler 3 Mallard 82 American Black Duck 3 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 34 Mourning…...

Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, Pam Hubert Temp: 68° F Winds: SE 9 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy The birding highlight this morning was seeing four Cooper’s Hawks interacting for several minutes from the parking lot at CHC WMA. We couldn’t tell exactly what they were doing,…...

Leaders (group 1): Kathy & Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Leaders (group 2): Jackie & Keith Parker, Alan Crawford Temp: 71° F Winds:  SE 4 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy with light drizzle We had lingering looks at both male and female Wood Ducks this morning, as a flock of about eight birds swam back…...

Leaders Group 1:  Jackie & Keith Parker Leaders Group 2: Alan & Robin Crawford, Pam Hubert Temp: 73° F Winds:  0 mph Weather Conditions: very cloudy with occasional drizzle and a light breeze. Group 1 32 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 2 Mallard 40 American Black Duck…...