Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly & Mark Lemieux Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Sunset at Stone Harbor Point birding group, including Nummy Island and Hereford Inlet. Generally, the same birds were seen at each area, but with differing ratios of species. It was a cool cloudy evening, with…...
Birding Northwood and Beyond – October 14, 2025
Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Pam Hubert, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 61°F Winds: N 8 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Birders were treated to numerous juvenile and adult, Black-crowned Night Herons flying overhead and roosting in trees surrounding the lake. 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Mallard 4 Ring-necked Duck 2…...
Hawks, Trails, and Beach – October 11, 2025
Leaders: Jackie & Keith Parker, Holly Lemieux, Pam Hubert Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 41 species Species Count Canada Goose 40 Mute Swan 25 Blue-winged Teal 6 Northern Shoveler 3 Gadwall 15 American Wigeon 23 Mallard 20 American Black Duck 5 Northern Pintail 16 Surf Scoter 5 Black Scoter 80 Mourning…...
Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – October 11, 2025
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: After a brief downpour shortly before our walk started, birds were moving. Migratory sparrows have arrived, and we had good looks at White-crowned, Savannah, Song, Swamp and White-throated Sparrows. Warblers were scarce except for Yellow-rumped and Common Yellow-throats but…...
Higbee Beach Birding – October 10, 2025
Leaders: Bert Hixon Jackie & Keith Parker, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 38 species Species Count Mallard 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 14 Killdeer 1 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Osprey 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 16 Cooper’s Hawk 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 1…...
Cape May Bird Observatory Songbird Banding Week 5: Sept 14 – Sept 21, 2025
As the Cape May Songbird Stopover Banding Project entered its fifth week (September 14th–20th), our team was met with a significant change in the weather. A series of cloudy, rainy days settled in, including two days where conditions prevented us from keeping nets open for the full six-hour duration of…...
E-Z Birding at Cape May Point State Park – October 9, 2025
Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Dennis McKane, John McElroy, Pam Hubert, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 20 enthusiastic participants enjoyed a bright, sunny, breezy morning, with temps in the low 50s, and lots of birds! 51 species Species Count Canada Goose 45 Mute Swan 25 Wood Duck…...
Twilight Walk at the Meadows – October 8, 2025
Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom, Holly Lemieux, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 68°F Winds: NNW 8 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 32 species Species Count Canada Goose 70 Mute Swan 2 Mallard 12 Mourning Dove 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Laughing Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 2 American Herring Gull 2 Great…...
Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 7, 2025
Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly Lemieux, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Stone Harbor Point – 4:27pm 14 species Species Count American Oystercatcher 30 Semipalmated Plover 2 Marbled Godwit 11 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sanderling 150 Ring-billed Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 7 Lesser Black-backed…...