View From The Cape

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 4 Blue-winged Teal 4 Gadwall 4 Mallard 8 Green-winged Teal 2 Surf Scoter 1 Black Scoter 3 Bufflehead 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Virginia Rail 2   Sora 2…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 42°F Winds: NE 4 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 37 species Species Count Canada Goose 3 Gadwall 12 Mallard 20 Green-winged Teal 4 Harlequin Duck 1 Mourning Dove 4 Dunlin 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 4 Laughing Gull 3 Herring Gull 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Great…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Sally Lorbach Temp: 42°F Winds: NE 12 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy There was a steady stream of Northern Gannets in a variety of plumages moving out of the bay this morning. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are back, as are Pine Warblers and Purple Martins, and…...

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 36 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Mute Swan 3 Mallard 12 Green-winged Teal 8 Black Scoter 25 Mourning Dove 3 Virginia Rail 1 Sora 1 American Oystercatcher 2 Killdeer 5 Dunlin 40 Wilson’s Snipe 10 Wilson’s Phalarope 1 Greater Yellowlegs…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 44°F Winds: NW 27 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Birds were seeking shelter out of the wind this morning. A Belted Kingfisher came off the edge of a small pond. A first-of-season Blue- gray Gnatcatcher was foraging with a Golden-crowned Kinglet along a…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 58°F Winds: SE 29 mph Weather Conditions: rain The walk got off to an excellent start this morning when an American Bittern flew across the back of Bunker Pond. A short while later it, or another one, flew up and across again.…...

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Adehl Schwaderer Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Another fantastic day at the Meadows, with blue skies taking over the initial gray, no wind and temps around 50 degrees.  The American Oystercatchers have returned to nest on the beach and the bird banded as 38 was observed…...

Leaders: Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Barry Hershfeld Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Fantastic sightings today of two Wilson’s Snipe and a Virginia Rail feeding out on the mud flats.  American Oystercatchers are back on the beach along with a number of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Red-winged Blackbird males are back…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 31°F Winds: NW 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: clear Glades Wildlife Refuge: Turkey Point – 8:00am 13 species Species Count Canada Goose 6 American Black Duck 6 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull 2 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1 Turkey Vulture…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 18 species Species Count Surf Scoter 125 Black Scoter 175 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10 American Oystercatcher 2 Bonaparte’s Gull 19 Laughing Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 15 Herring Gull 50 Great Black-backed Gull 38…...