View From The Cape

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 28°F Winds: SW 8-10 mph Weather Conditions: clear  Glades Wildlife Refuge: Turkey Point – 8:32am 15 species Species Count American Black Duck 14 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 27 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2 Northern Harrier 4 Bald Eagle 8 Downy…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 44°F Winds: SE 8mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Diving Northern Gannets, Common and Red-throated Loons, and Surf and Black Scoters were fairly close to shore this morning.  Preening on the beach was a flock of gulls which included not only Great black-backed, Ring-billed…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 37°F Winds: N 10mph Weather Conditions: cloudy The Yellow-rumped Warbler numbers were incredible today at the State Park. It seems likely that a new wave of migrants has come down from further north, perhaps related to snow cover and diminishing food supplies.…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe Temp: 47°F Winds: NNE 14-24 mph Weather Conditions: fog and rain  Edwin B. Forsythe NWR–Wildlife Drive – 1:32pm 32 species Species Count Snow Goose 1500 Brant (Atlantic) 85 Canada Goose 28 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 125 Gadwall 45 American Wigeon…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 40°F Winds: NW 8mph Weather Conditions: foggy We see loons and scoters on almost every winter walk at the State Park but today, with the low-lying fog, we could barely see the bay. On the ponds though the number of Tundra Swans has…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 47°F Winds: W 24-35 mph Weather Conditions: clear Stone Harbor Point – 12:57pm 15 species Species Count Brant (Atlantic) 22 Surf Scoter 35 Black Scoter 25 Long-tailed Duck 2 Bufflehead 3 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Sanderling 25 Purple…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Barrie Hershfeld Temp: 55°F Winds: SW 16mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy As we rounded Bunker Pond, coming down off the first dune crossing, an American Bittern flew into view and landed on the pond edge. Not far away was a second bittern and the…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 40°F Winds: W 15mph Weather Conditions: cloudy 28 species Species Count Snow Goose 25 Canada Goose 12 Gadwall 7 American Black Duck 20 Ring-necked Duck 45 Lesser Scaup 6 Surf Scoter 15 Black Scoter 6 Long-tailed Duck 16 Mourning Dove…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld. Temp: 34°F Winds: SE 5mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Our first CMBO walk of the New Year started off with a bang as a Glaucous Gull flew up down the beach in good view. The ducks are in in good number, a turkey…...

Leaders: Tom Reed, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Cape May Point State Park – 9:05am 57 species Species Count Canada Goose 30 Mute Swan 10 Tundra Swan 8 Northern Shoveler 15 Gadwall 125 American Wigeon 30 Mallard 30 American Black Duck 15 Northern Pintail 10…...