View From The Cape

Leaders (7:30am): Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson Leaders (7:45am): Bill Roache, Mary Jane Roache Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:   7:30am Group 39 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 4 Blue-winged Teal 8 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 8 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Killdeer 1 Least Sandpiper…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford Temp: 75° F Winds:  N 14 mph Weather Conditions: sunny CHC WMA was very birdy this morning, with mixed flocks of Red-eyed Vireos, American Redstarts, Northern Parulas, and Black-and-white, Chestnut-sided and Magnolia Warblers. A Green Heron never moved as it watched for prey at the water’s…...

Leaders: Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 79° F Winds:  WNW 14 mph Weather Conditions: 31 species Species Count Mute Swan 18 Blue-winged Teal 9 Mallard 4 Green-winged Teal 5 Laughing Gull 1 Herring Gull 6 Great Egret 2 Snowy Egret 1 Green Heron 1 Osprey 8 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Bald…...

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 75° F Winds:  NNW 11 mph Weather Conditions:  sunny Due to some maintenance issues at the Beanery this week, we took our walk at the State Park. Ducks that spend the winter with us are starting to return from their breeding grounds.…...

Leaders (7:30am): Melissa Roach, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon Leaders (7:45am): Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 73° F Winds:  NE 13 mph Weather Conditions:  overcast 7:30am Group: 34 species Species Count Mallard 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Great Blue Heron 1 Black…...

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Jackie Parker Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 36 species Species Count Canada Goose 30 Mute Swan 4 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 8 Mallard 30 Green-winged Teal 32 Mourning Dove 12 Sora 2 Sanderling 4 Least Sandpiper 4 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 16 Greater…...

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins Temp: 75° F Winds:  SSW 5-10 mph Weather Conditions:  clear 40 species Species Count Mute Swan 5 Mallard 2 Mourning Dove 12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Sanderling 24 Laughing Gull 35 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 24 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 30 Least…...

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker Temp: 83° F Winds:  SW 1-3 mph Weather Conditions:  clear 25 species Species Count American Oystercatcher 15 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 35 Piping Plover 5 Ruddy Turnstone 6 Sanderling 35 Laughing Gull 35 Ring-billed Gull 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 Great Black-backed…...

Leaders (7:30 AM group): Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: 39 species Species Count Canada Goose 12 Mute Swan 8 Northern Shoveler 10 Gadwall 8 Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) 1 Mallard 10 Green-winged Teal 7 Mourning Dove 4 Least Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 25 Greater Yellowlegs 1…...

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Ruth Bergstrom Temp: 69° F Winds:  SW 17 mph Weather Conditions: 35 species Species Count Mute Swan 2 Surf Scoter 1 Black Scoter 2 Mourning Dove 2 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Sanderling 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 30…...