Lumberton Leas 3d Winter Bird Census, January 16, 2002
The day was partly sunny, mild with little wind. The list included 19 species, and 201 individuals.
Here are results of the Medford Leas Winter Bird Census, annual since January 1988, and other projects such as the Bluebird Trail.
Each year has a page, and summary tables are also available:
The day was partly sunny, mild with little wind. The list included 19 species, and 201 individuals.
The group met at the Community building at 9 AM, and birded until 11:30 AM. The bird list included 21 species and 227 individuals.
Lumberton Leas 1st Winter Bird Census, January 12, 2000. Six birders counted 81 Individuals of 16 species while the Lumberton campus was still under construction.
Cold to be sure (13° when we started), but with virtually no wind, it was a nice walk through the trails and around the perimeter path. Monarch Lake was partly frozen and hosted thousands of geese.
While the first hour was slow, by about 9 AM a mixed flock of Robins, Juncos, and white-throats with a few Myrtles, woodpeckers, and a Sapsucker were feeding actively in the hollies and evergreens.
Censusing started at 8 AM with a temperature of 16 degrees but little to no wind except in the open areas by the creek. Still waters were frozen, and the creek was mostly frozen after a week of cold weather.
Medford Leas 38th Annual Winter Bird Census, January 15, 2025 Wood Duck Red Fox The Medford Campus census started out pretty cold (low 20’s) and
The 2024 Medford Leas census was conducted on January 31 under gray skies with temperatures in the 40s and no wind.
The 25th Lumberton census was held on January 24, 2024; it was delayed a week because of snow cover on the woodland trails and very cold temperatures.
The 24th annual Lumberton winter bird count took place on January 18, 2023. The list combines those of three parties on different sections of campus.
Seven ML Birders met at the Nature Center parking lot on cold, sunny and windless day to begin the 36th Annual Bird Census.
Four ML Birders lucked out with a bright, sunny, windless and by mid-morning almost “balmy” day to count the campus birds. Most of the expected birds we commonly see were present
After two rainy and windy days the ML Birders were able to take their census on a day that, weather wise at least, improved through the morning and ended in bright sun and relatively warm temperatures.
The Medford Leas avian census takers met at the Nature Center on a dreary day for the numerators as well as the objects of their pursuit. The woodland trails were eerily silent with only a scattering of birds seen or heard.
A cold (upper 20’s) sunny but windless day greeted the ML Birders at the start of the count. It was spotty for land birds early on but good for waterfowl.
On a cold blustery day the Medford Leas Birders met at the Nature Center at 8 a.m. to commence our sightings and listings. While the temperature never got out of the 20’s the bright sun slowly began to warm the day and rouse the birds.
In February ML birders heard a presentation of Scott McConnell’s new book Witmer Stone, The Fascination of Nature. Witmer Stone was an ornithologist in the early 20th century who wrote Bird Studies in Old Cape May.
The day was cloudy with temperatures in the upper 20 degrees. The ML birders counted 375 individual birds of 31 species on the Lumberton campus and nearby lake.
On January 15, ML birders conducted the 28th annual winter census on a cloudy day with the temperature in the low 30s.