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Birding Cape May Point – January 25, 2025

Leaders: Roger Horn, Holly and Mark Lemieux. Temp: 25° F Winds:  SW 1 mph Weather Conditions: sunny It was a very still and sunny morning. Though it was 25° being properly dressed made birding Cape May Point very pleasant. As we started our walk out of the park a lovely…...

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Birding Cape May Point – January 18, 2025

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly and Mark Lemieux. Temp: 39° F Winds:  SE 9 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Today at Cape May Point, our walk started with a gorgeous Peregrine Falcon. It flew up to the lighthouse and nestled into the railing as we were assembling to start our…...

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Coastal Birding at Stone Harbor Point – January 11, 2025

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly Lemieux Temp: 30°F Winds: NW 16-26 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy Stone Harbor Point – 1:00pm 18 species Species Count Brant (Atlantic) 12 Surf Scoter 2 Black Scoter 40 Long-tailed Duck 8 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sanderling 8 Dunlin 10 Purple…...

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Birding Cape May Point – January 4, 2025

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly and Mark Lemieux. Temp: 34° F Winds:  NW 20 mph Weather Conditions: mostly sunny Another windy, cold and blustery walk today at Cape May Point. First walking along the dunes to the Coral Avenue Dune crossing we had a few species calling and flying…...

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Kick Off Your Year List 2025 – January 1, 2025

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Alan & Robin Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon, Barry Hershfeld, Win Shafer Temp: 50°F Winds: Weather Conditions: The annual CMBO “Kick Off Your Year” field trip was held on January 1, 2025. For the morning session, 20 eager participants joined us at Cape May Point State Park…...

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Birding Cape May Point – December 21, 2024

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly and Mark Lemieux. Temp: 34° F Winds:  NW 16 mph Weather Conditions: sunny A windy blustery walk today at Cape Point State Park. The red trail was a led us to lighthouse pond. There we were able to view Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck and Hooded…...

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Infection in Monarchs (O.e.) Migrating through Cape May Point, NJ

Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (O.e.) Infection in Monarchs Migrating through Cape May Point, NJ By Gayle Steffy, 2024 MMP Field Naturalist Ophryocystis elektroscirrha.  (O.e.) is a parasitic single celled organism known as a protozoan that infects monarch butterflies.  It is transferred from an infected adult monarch to a caterpillar by spores that…...

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Birding Cape May Point – December 14, 2024

Leaders: Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 29° F Winds:  NE 10 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy, some sun The walk at Cape Point State Park was quiet but there were many of the usual ducks and winter passerines to be seen and heard. Unfortunately, due to beach sand replenishment activities, the…...

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Bayshore Birding at it’s Best – December 8, 2024

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Shaun Bamford, Barry Hershfeld Temp: 53°F Winds: WSW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy US-New Jersey-Port Norris Mauricetown Rd pond– 10:15am 6 species Species Count Canada Goose 85 Ring-necked Duck 50 Ruddy Duck 35 Turkey Vulture 1 American Robin 25 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2  …...

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Harlequin Romance – December 7, 2024

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Kristal Stahler, Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker Temp:  Winds: Weather Conditions: Barnegat Lighthouse State Park – 10:05am 41 species  Species Count Snow Goose 30 Brant 130   Canada Goose 15 Mallard 53 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 30 Common Eider 3 Harlequin Duck 9   Surf Scoter 12…...

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