The meeting will be at the Barnegat Branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., Barnegat, NJ 08005.

The meeting will start at 7PM, with doors open at 6:30 for mingling.

We will visit Double Trouble State Park to look for spring migrants, hoping for a good warbler flight. This typically is the peak time for spring warbler migration. Meet at the Double Trouble parking lot. Bathrooms are available here.

For details, call Jason.

Today we will search for late spring migrants at the Cedar Bonnet Island portion of Forsythe NWR in Stafford Township.  Ever since this property opened to the public, it has become a migrant hotspot. After we finish at Cedar Bonnet, for those who wish to continue further, we have the option of going to nearby Manahawkin WMA to search further.

There are no bathroom facilities at CBI. One option is stopping beforehand at the Manahawkin Shop-rite on Rte 72, 5 miles before CBI.

Meet at the CBI parking lot on Rte. 72 at 8AM. For details, call Jason.

Many birders eventually expand their interest in the natural world to other living things: mushrooms, botany, herps, dragonflies, and more. For our June meeting, Greg Prelich will present a program covering the butterflies of NJ, including their life cycle, seasonality, and the families of butterflies, with loads of photos.

The meeting will be held at the Barnegat Branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., Barnegat, NJ, starting at 7PM, with doors open at 6:30 for mingling.

We have confirmed Jun 12 as the date for this trip, with a rain date of June 13. Please note that the start time of this trip should be considered TENTATIVE at this point until it is confirmed with base personnel.

SOBG has permission to bring members onto the Lakehurst NAES base, where we hope to see breeding birds that can be difficult to find elsewhere in NJ. Our main targets are Upland Sandpiper, Grasshopper Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Nighthawk, Horned Lark. Due to base restrictions, participation is limited to the first 20 SOBG members who sign up by contacting Jeanine at Jga-2@comcast.net. Participants will be contacted by e-mail with trip details. If you’ve never heard Upland Sandpipers displaying and calling each other, this is a trip that you won’t want to miss!

We meet at Cathedral of the Air parking lot at 7:45 AM; the trip starts PROMPTLY at 8 AM.

The meeting will be at the Barnegat Branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., Barnegat, NJ 08005.

The meeting will start at 7PM, with doors open at 6:30 for mingling.

Today we will visit hotspots in Cape May for late-season fall migrants at the same time that the Cape May Birding Festival will be happening (so you know that the birding should be good!).

Cape May has many good birding spots, and on this trip we will visit different locations than our ‘usual’ sites. The plan is to start at 8AM at Cox Hall Creek WMA in Villas for an hour or two before heading down to Cape May Point (note that Cox Hall Creek has two entrances: we will be at the entrance on Bybrook Dr, not the one on Bayshore Rd. Put 2978 Bybrook Dr, Villas, NJ into your GPS unit or car navigation system). Cox Hall has a portajohn but not full bathroom facilities, so plan accordingly. At the Point, we will likely visit a beach site to look for terns, Parasitic Jaegers, gulls, and shorebirds. After lunch (bring a packed lunch, snack, and water), other options include visiting The Meadows for a raptor demonstration, and trying either Cape May Point State Park or the Garrett Family Preserve trails for migrants.  Raptors should be flying overhead all day, keeping us busy. We will be watching texts for rarities that are being seen by the many groups that should be out in the field today. Feel free to join us for any part of the day; just text Jason Nargiz to find out where we are when you arrive in Cape May or if you have questions about the trip.