Mac didn't want her photo on my blog - this was as much as I could get away with! https://nomadic-naturalists.org/2018/11/03/cape-may-migration Among the highlights is the mass spawning of Horseshoe Crabs, living fossils which breed in the thousands on the beaches of Delaware Bay, their tiny eggs providing vital sustenance to thousands of shorebirds on their long journeys north. 2019 Annual Report; 2019 Weekly Reports; Education; Gallery; Research Technician; Donate; Shop; Welcome! The entire migration can stop dead in its tracks, and Cape May is the only point of land in an awful lot of water. 2021-05-11 May, 7:00 AM AM - Cape May Point State Park Hawkwatch Platform - Cape May Point - US Every year, folks from all over the world come to Cape May for the fall bird migration. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge – Don’t miss their Migration Celebration, April 26-28! From about the 15th of September through mid-October, hawk migration is fairly consistent, although before mid-September there will be fewer hawks. It summers in northern spruce woods, but winters in the Caribbean, where it is often seen in palm trees. “The largest variety of birds are moving south to their wintering grounds. Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com We left New York, returning to JFK airport to pick up a car then driving south around the City and down the New Jersey coast. In summer it eats insects, but during migration and winter it varies its diet with nectar from flowers and with juice that it obtains by piercing fruit. Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge; First Landing State Park; Eastern Shore. Hampton Roads. Cape May migration. According to Richard Crossley, an internationally acclaimed birder and photographer residing in Cape May, September is the peak of bird migration. If, however, a warm front and a cold front meet head on over Cape May, watch out! Cape Charles Natural Area Preserve; Lower Peninsula Planning is underway for the 2021 Fall Migration! April 30, 2016 February 7, 2021 Uncategorized. A monarch butterfly flies from flower to flower to feed at Cape May Point State Park in Lower Township, N.J., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Cape May is best known for its fall migration, but springtime on the peninsula beckons with its own fine birding and migration spectacles. From Higbee go directly to the hawk watch platform adjacent to the parking lot of the Cape May Point State Park. Birders have already begun reporting sightings of early migrants! Cape May: The Magic of Fall Migration, Page 5 Louise Zemaitis is an artist and naturalist living in Cape May, New Jersey where she is a popular field trip leader teaching birding workshops as an Associate Naturalist with New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory. Among the dazzling cohort of spring warblers, the first Cape May Warbler to arrive is a balm: its mossy green back, tiger-striped breast, and chestnut cheek patch make it unlike any other warbler. We’ll bird a variety of habitats and experience the incredible migration of songbirds, raptors and shorebirds at this time of year. During the breeding season, the species lives remote from most human observers, in northern spruce-fir forests, where its nesting success is tied to its chief food, the spruce budworm caterpillar. Cape May Raptor Banding Project. 21 September 2014 Cape May. Choose a comfortable place on the hawkwatch and start scanning. In contrast to the fall migration, most spring movement follows in the wake of a warm front. Cape May is one of those legendary locations with a rich birding history and is one of the birdiest places on the eastern seaboard! Board of Directors; Research. Spring migration through Cape May can be equally rewarding. The best time to go is April – May. Home; About. Many of our migratory warblers seem to lead double lives, and the Cape May is a good example.