View From The Cape

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Pam Hubert Temp: 71° F Winds: NNE 7 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny 48 species Species Count Mute Swan 16 Blue-winged Teal 30 Mallard 24 Green-winged Teal 12 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 4 Killdeer 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Greater…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Keith & Jackie Parker, Barry Hershfeld Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 44 species Species Count Canada Goose 80 Wood Duck 8 Mallard 12 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 25 Laughing Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 5 Great Egret 6 Osprey 5 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk…...

Leaders: Alan & Robin Crawford, Keith & Jackie Parker, Pam Hubert Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 38 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Blue-winged Teal 1 Mallard 18 American Black Duck 1 Green-winged Teal 2 Mourning Dove 5 Virginia Rail 1 Sora 1 Killdeer 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 50 Greater Yellowlegs 15…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Keith & Jackie Parker, Dennis McKane, Holly Lemieux, Barry Hershfeld Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 34 species Species Count Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Laughing Gull 4 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Osprey 10 Northern Harrier 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker…...

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, John McElroy, Dennis McKane Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: Amazing morning of migration in Cape May Point today! It took us over an hour to walk the dune path at the State Park because of all the warblers, wading birds, and migrating raptors flying by. The light breeze…...

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Chris Marks, Tom Hardcastle Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: Turned out to be a great morning even with the rain! Great looks at brown pelicans, ruddy turnstone, royal terns, and a perched American Kestrel. Special thank you to all the participants that stuck it out in the rain…...

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Keith Parker Temp: 76° F Winds: Weather Conditions: Very windy and cloudy with occasional fog and “scotch mist” rain Water levels finally back up after prior night’s rain. Merlins put on their evening show in good numbers, and we had great looks at Green Heron, Stilt Sandpiper…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 72° F Winds: ENE 12 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy Warblers were tough to find but Sharp-shinned Hawks, Osprey and other raptors had us continuously looking skyward. Nice close comparison of Spotted versus Solitary Sandpipers. 33 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Mallard 4…...

Leaders: Bill & MJ Roache, Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld, Carrie Bell Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: 45 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Mallard 2 Mourning Dove 7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Virginia Rail 1 Killdeer 8 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Sanderling 25 Least Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 20 Laughing…...

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, Pam Hubert, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 70° F Winds: NE 8 mph Weather Conditions: sunny, very breezy 31 species Species Count Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 25 Mourning Dove 10 Laughing Gull 4 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Egret 1 White…...