- RBA
* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0510.21
* October 21, 2005
- Birds Mentioned
American Kestrel
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
Grasshopper Sparrow
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Merlin
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Peregrine Falcon
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rough-legged Hawk
Rusty Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Sedge Wren
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Western Kingbird
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Number: (609) 898-BIRD
To Report: (609) 884-2736, CapeMayReports@njaudubon.org
Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ
Compiler: Pete Dunne, Cape May Bird Observatory
URL:
You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey
Audubon Society’s Cape May Bird Observatory. This message was prepared
by Pete Dunne on Friday, October 21.
The past week has been marked by extraordinary flights of songbirds and
raptors. At the Zeiss sponsored Morning Flight Project one day high
counts included 955 Northern Flicker, 84 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
75,000 Yellow-rumped Warbler. Red-breasted Nuthatches, Purple Finches,
Pine Siskin and Rusty Blackbirds are in Cape May airspace. Less common
passerines include Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Sedge
Wren, Orange-crowned Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow. On
October 18, a Sandhill Crane was seen from the Dike.
Sparrows reign at the Beanery, Hidden Valley, and Higbee Beach. The
Beanery was awash in sparrows, kinglets and Eastern Phoebe during the
week (remember, you need to be a CMBO or NJ Audubon member to be on the
property and need to show a current, 2005 Beanery Sticker). In addition
to lots of Swamp, Chipping Song, and White-throated, White-crowned,
Lincoln’s, Vesper, Clay-colored and Grasshopper Sparrows were tallied
(as well as Lark Sparrows at Higbee, Stone Harbor, and North Cape May.
The Leica sponsored Hawk Watch at Cape May Point State Park had a good
week with over a thousand birds seen every day between October 15 and
19. Notable were counts of 14 Bald Eagles and 45 Northern Harrier on
the 17th, 552 Cooper’s Hawks on the 19th, 114 Broad-winged Hawks on the
17th, 1 Rough-legged Hawk on the 18th, 1,418 American Kestrel, 342
Merlin and 41 Peregrines on the 15th.
The weather this weekend looks inauspicious for fresh land birds
(although they should still be many around). You might want to consider
(in fact you are encouraged to consider) going to the Avalon Seawatch
where numbers of Seaducks should be peaking this week. A Greater
White-fronted Goose was recorded there Oct. 15.
Remember, too, that the New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Autumn
Weekend/THE Bird Show comes to town Friday, October 28-Sunday October
30. Not a bad time to be in Cape May; not a shabby way to see what’s
going on in birding at the Cape May Convention Center. Door’s open 12
noon on Friday, 9 am Saturday and Sunday. You can register at the door.
The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of New Jersey Audubon’s Cape
May Bird Observatory. For more current information and details relating
to these sightings and others stop by the Northwood Center in Cape May
Point or the Center for Research and Education in Goshen and check the
bird sighting sheets. You can also pick up a birding map, checklists,
and information relating to our programs and events (daily walks and
workshops), as well as registration information for the annual Cape May
Autumn Weekend / THE Bird Show (slated for October 28-30). For
additional information call 609-884-2736 or 609-861-0700. Thanks for
calling and GOOD BIRDING!
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* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0510.21
* October 21, 2005
- Birds Mentioned
American Kestrel
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Cooper's Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
Grasshopper Sparrow
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Merlin
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Peregrine Falcon
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rough-legged Hawk
Rusty Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Sedge Wren
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Western Kingbird
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Number: (609) 898-BIRD
To Report: (609) 884-2736, CapeMayReports@njaudubon.org
Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ
Compiler: Pete Dunne, Cape May Bird Observatory
URL:
You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey
Audubon Society’s Cape May Bird Observatory. This message was prepared
by Pete Dunne on Friday, October 21.
The past week has been marked by extraordinary flights of songbirds and
raptors. At the Zeiss sponsored Morning Flight Project one day high
counts included 955 Northern Flicker, 84 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
75,000 Yellow-rumped Warbler. Red-breasted Nuthatches, Purple Finches,
Pine Siskin and Rusty Blackbirds are in Cape May airspace. Less common
passerines include Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Sedge
Wren, Orange-crowned Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow. On
October 18, a Sandhill Crane was seen from the Dike.
Sparrows reign at the Beanery, Hidden Valley, and Higbee Beach. The
Beanery was awash in sparrows, kinglets and Eastern Phoebe during the
week (remember, you need to be a CMBO or NJ Audubon member to be on the
property and need to show a current, 2005 Beanery Sticker). In addition
to lots of Swamp, Chipping Song, and White-throated, White-crowned,
Lincoln’s, Vesper, Clay-colored and Grasshopper Sparrows were tallied
(as well as Lark Sparrows at Higbee, Stone Harbor, and North Cape May.
The Leica sponsored Hawk Watch at Cape May Point State Park had a good
week with over a thousand birds seen every day between October 15 and
19. Notable were counts of 14 Bald Eagles and 45 Northern Harrier on
the 17th, 552 Cooper’s Hawks on the 19th, 114 Broad-winged Hawks on the
17th, 1 Rough-legged Hawk on the 18th, 1,418 American Kestrel, 342
Merlin and 41 Peregrines on the 15th.
The weather this weekend looks inauspicious for fresh land birds
(although they should still be many around). You might want to consider
(in fact you are encouraged to consider) going to the Avalon Seawatch
where numbers of Seaducks should be peaking this week. A Greater
White-fronted Goose was recorded there Oct. 15.
Remember, too, that the New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Autumn
Weekend/THE Bird Show comes to town Friday, October 28-Sunday October
30. Not a bad time to be in Cape May; not a shabby way to see what’s
going on in birding at the Cape May Convention Center. Door’s open 12
noon on Friday, 9 am Saturday and Sunday. You can register at the door.
The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of New Jersey Audubon’s Cape
May Bird Observatory. For more current information and details relating
to these sightings and others stop by the Northwood Center in Cape May
Point or the Center for Research and Education in Goshen and check the
bird sighting sheets. You can also pick up a birding map, checklists,
and information relating to our programs and events (daily walks and
workshops), as well as registration information for the annual Cape May
Autumn Weekend / THE Bird Show (slated for October 28-30). For
additional information call 609-884-2736 or 609-861-0700. Thanks for
calling and GOOD BIRDING!
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