View From The Cape

Leaders: Jackie Parker, Mary Jane Roach, Lynn Pollard, Chris Dewaghe, Gerry Dewaghe Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 50 species Species Count Canada Goose 4 Mute Swan 3 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 6 Mallard 6 Green-winged Teal 2 Mourning Dove 5 Chimney Swift 2 Sora 1 American Oystercatcher 6…...

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 62° F Winds:  NW 1-3 mph Weather Conditions: clear 7:30am Group 33 species Species Count Mallard 3 Mourning Dove 5 Laughing Gull 10 Herring Gull 5 Double-crested Cormorant 3…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 37° – 45° F Winds:  NW 18-30 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 8 Wild Turkey 2 Mourning Dove 3 Laughing Gull 50 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Cindy Bamford Temp: 56° F Winds:  WNW 18-30 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy 26 species Species Count Brant (Atlantic) 80 American Black Duck 4 Mourning Dove 4 American Oystercatcher 8 Black-bellied Plover 26 Whimbrel 14 Dunlin 200 Short-billed Dowitcher 4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull…...

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Emily MIller Temp: 53° F Winds:  NW 15-20 mph Weather Conditions: sunny 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 5 Mute Swan 15 Mallard 9 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 1 American Oystercatcher 4 Laughing Gull 95 Herring Gull…...

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 57° F Winds:  S 4-6 mph Weather Conditions: hazy 42 species Species Count Canada Goose 3 Mute Swan 3 Mallard 5 Mourning Dove 3 Laughing Gull 8 Forster’s Tern 1 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 26 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 10 Osprey…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Cindy Bamford Temp: Winds:  4-6 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Warm and cloudy but dry.  Great looks at pine and yellow throated warblers, as well as a cooperative Brown Thrasher. 45 species Species Count Canada Goose 1 Mourning Dove 6 Killdeer 2 Laughing Gull…...

Leaders: Karen Thompson, Jackie Parker Temp: 55° F Winds:  ENE 8-13 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Cold blustery morning. Several Soras made an appearance, including two who erupted from the marsh together.  Field Sparrows, Common Yellowthroats and Red-winged Blackbirds were all singing on territory. Several raptors made an appearance, including…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 63° F Winds:  0-3 mph Weather Conditions: clear Belleplain State Forest – HQ building: 6:55am 12 species Species Count Mourning Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Laughing Gull 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Tree Swallow 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 58° F Winds:  SE 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: sunny Yellow-rumped Warblers, which have been around all winter, have just started to sing and they were everywhere on today’s Cox Hall Creek WMA walk, in an interesting array of plumages from drab to…...