View From The Cape

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 40 species Species Count Mute Swan 80 Mallard 45 Mourning Dove 4 Killdeer 4 Least Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 14 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 10 Great Black-backed Gull 7 Royal Tern 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 83°F Winds: 0-2 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Multiple Bald Eagles and migrating shorebirds were seen, along with Eastern Kingbirds and a Northern Waterthrush from the blind. 38 species Species Count Canada Goose 77 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 10 Rock Pigeon…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 75°F Winds: E 5 mph Weather Conditions: hazy and humid We walked the back trail through the woods at CHC WMA this morning. A Veery popped into view amongst some robins, a couple of Ovenbirds walked on the ground, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 70°F Winds: N 0-5 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy It sounds like late summer at the State Park, with Royal Terns calling from out over the water. We had to sort carefully through the Snowy Egrets to find a hatch-year Little Blue…...

Leaders (7:00am) group 1: Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Bernie Hodgdon Leaders (7:15am) group 2: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 78° F Winds:  SW 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 7:00am Group 35 species Species Count Mourning Dove 6 Laughing Gull 4 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Osprey 3…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 83°F Winds: S 3-5 mph Weather Conditions: clear 49 species Species Count Mute Swan 81 Mallard 46 Green-winged Teal 5 Mourning Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 9 Hudsonian Godwit 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 32…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins Temp: 75°F Winds: 0-2 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Highlight of the walk was the Hudsonian Godwit present for the past week 37 species Species Count Canada Goose 13 Mute Swan 3 Mallard 22 American Black Duck 1 Mourning Dove 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 68°F Winds: ENE 6 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy Birds are pretty quiet at this end-of-summer season; many of them are still here, just not calling much, making them harder to find. Baltimore Oriole, Green Heron, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and Eastern Kingbird were among the…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn Temp: 74°F Winds: E 6 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Least and Semi-palmated Sandpipers can at times be ID challenges but not when they are 15 feet away and in the same binocular view, as was the case this morning along the Bunker Pond dune…...