View From The Cape

Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – July 10, 2022

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 70°-74° F Winds: NNE 11mph Weather Conditions: overcast 50 species Species Count Mallard 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 20 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 3 Clapper Rail 1 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Laughing Gull 35 Herring Gull…...

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Birding Cape May Point – July 9, 2022

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 75° F Winds: SW 8 mph Weather Conditions: rain This morning’s rain wasn’t hard enough to deter the birds from doing their thing. Though we didn’t have a single Great Blue Heron, we did have both night herons and a Green Heron.…...

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A Meadows Morning – July 8, 2022

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 76° F Winds: Weather Conditions: sunny 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 28 Mute Swan 3 Mallard 24 American Black Duck 2 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 3 American Oystercatcher 5 Killdeer 3 Least Sandpiper 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 Short-billed Dowitcher 4…...

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Birds Before Beach – July, 5 2022

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 75° F Winds: SSW 9 mph Weather Conditions: partly sunny 26 species Species Count Mute Swan 45 Mallard 1 American Oystercatcher 5 Killdeer 1 Laughing Gull 6 Herring Gull 9 Great Black-backed Gull 16 Least Tern 10 Forster’s Tern 6…...

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Birding the Meadows – July 4, 2022

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins Temp: 80° F Winds: Weather Conditions: sunny A flock of migrating Short-billed Dowitchers flew in near the blind. Spotted, Least, and Semi-palmated Sandpipers were also present, with both yellowleg species. Sadly, most of the Least Tern chicks had been predated, with only two…...

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Birding Cape May Point – July 2, 2022

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 80° F Winds: SW 18 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy The State Park Purple Martins are doing well this season with over 200 chicks hatched and more to come. This is especially good news this year since a nearly week-long Nor’easter early…...

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A Meadows Morning – July 1, 2022

Leaders: Chris Marks, Lynn Pollard, Dave Pollard Temp: 82° F Winds: SW 3-8 mph Weather Conditions: clear 43 species Species Count Canada Goose 46 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 42 American Black Duck 2 Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 1 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated…...

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CAPE MAY SPRINGWATCH: Mid-late May Summary

  Did we save the best for last? This Gray Kingbird, a very rare overshoot from the South, flew past the Springwatch on our last day of operation, May 31. It represents just the 9th Cape May record for the species. Photo © Jesse Amesbury. BY TOM REED & JESSE AMESBURY…...

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Bird Walk for all People – June 30, 2022

Leaders: Chris Marks, Lynn Pollard, Dave Pollard, Mary Watkins Temp: 82° F Winds: 0-2 mph Weather Conditions: clear 43 species Species Count Canada Goose 28 Mute Swan 72 Mallard 22 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 American Oystercatcher 3 Killdeer 1 Laughing Gull 18 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull…...

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Birds Before Beach – June 28, 2022

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 69° F Winds: N 14 mph Weather Conditions: partly sunny 28 species Species Count Mute Swan 11 Mallard 5 American Oystercatcher 2 Killdeer 1 Laughing Gull 15 Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 13 Least Tern 4 Forster’s…...

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