Spring Migration Report - Cape May Report

One of the highlights of the trip was Friday morning when we spotted dolphins just off shore. We also enjoyed seeing a pair of Oystercatchers with their brilliant orange beaks and sharp contrasting black and white plumage. On Saturday afternoon I parked at South Cape May Meadows and started the loop trail and realized that the two preserves, South Cape May Meadows and Cape May Point State Park are really one large preserve. After tagging along with an official birding group, I took the trail over to the State Park. There were a number of highlights that day including Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Savannah Sparrow (I am always glad to be able to add a new sparrow species to my list), Oystercatchers, Great Egret in green mask breeding plumage and various shorebirds in the fresh water impoundments, Caspian Tern, Greater Yellowlegs. As my hike winded down some hikers gave me a heads up on a Osprey eating a really large fish on a spur trail. Over all a fantastic trip to Cape May.

Posted on April 20, 2017 01:43 PM by j-naturalist