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Birding Cape May Point – December 14, 2024

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 29° F Winds:  NE 10 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy, some sun The walk at Cape Point State Park was quiet but there were many of the usual ducks and winter passerines to be seen and heard. Unfortunately, due to beach sand replenishment activities, the…...

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Bayshore Birding at it’s Best – December 8, 2024

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Shaun Bamford, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 53°F Winds: WSW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy US-New Jersey-Port Norris Mauricetown Rd pond– 10:15am 6 species Species Count Canada Goose 85 Ring-necked Duck 50 Ruddy Duck 35 Turkey Vulture 1 American Robin 25 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2  …...

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Harlequin Romance – December 7, 2024

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Kristal Stahler, Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: Barnegat Lighthouse State Park – 10:05am 41 species  Species Count Snow Goose 30 Brant 130   Canada Goose 15 Mallard 53 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 30 Common Eider 3 Harlequin Duck 9   Surf Scoter 12…...

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Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project Annual Report 2024

By Anna Haggenjos and Gayle Steffy Project Overview The Monarch Monitoring Project (MMP) was founded in 1990 by naturalist Dick Walton and Dr. Lincoln Brower. This project, under New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, seeks to better understand the fall migration of monarch butterflies through Cape May Point and…...

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New Jersey Audubon Eco-Travel: Delmarva Fall Weekend Van trip November 8-11, 2024 with Scott Barnes

Our Fall 2024 Delmarva Van Tour had good weather and enjoyable birding. Heading south from NJ we stopped at Bombay Hook NWR, where we saw 400 American Avocets, waterfowl, Bald Eagles, and Red-shouldered Hawk. Based in Chincoteague at a spotlessly clean and award-winning hotel, we explored Virginia’s rural Eastern Shore…...

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Birding Cape May Point – December 7, 2024

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemiuex, Barry Hershfeld. Temp: 32° F Winds:  W 13 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny The walk at Cape Point State Park was quite birdy for a blustery winter day 42 species. Well over a thousand Canada Geese flew overhead headed across the…...

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Brigantine and Mott’s Creek – November 23, 2024

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, John McElroy Temp: 51°F Winds: WNW 20-25 mph Weather Conditions: clear Location Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig) – 1:15pm 36 species Species Count Brant 12 Canada Goose 175 Mute Swan 12 Tundra Swan 4 Northern Shoveler 250 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 2…...

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Birding the Barrier Islands – November 22, 2024

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Dennis McKane Temp: 44°F Winds: WSW 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: clear North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall – 10:am 26 species Species Count Brant 150 American Black Duck 12 Surf Scoter 5 Long-tailed Duck 1 American Oystercatcher 85 Black-bellied Plover 8 Marbled…...

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November Novelties – November 09, 2024

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Holly Lemieux, Dennis McKane Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: One of the most novel things on today’s November Novelty Trip was the presence of almost 60 Wood Ducks on East Lighthouse Pond; they were just exquisite in the bright morning light, with both sexes well represented.…...

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Birding the Meadows – November 4, 2024

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 37 species Species Count Canada Goose 30 Mute Swan 1 Gadwall 2 Mallard 22 Green-winged Teal 35 Black Scoter 250 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 3 Killdeer 1 Wilson’s Snipe 1 Sanderling 75 Pectoral Sandpiper…...

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