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Butterflies in Cape May

Text by michelle | Published September 11th, 2012 in Birding and Wildlife • Look at This

You might say Cape may is a butterfly mecca. In September you might see as many as 100 different kinds of butterflies. Sometimes you have to look real hard to find them, but on this day, our photographer Michelle Bumm found them right before her very eyes as she took a walk along Beach Avenue.
Winged Wonders

Text by Patricia Sutton | Published October 1st, 2011 in Birding and Wildlife

You might see over 100 different kinds of butterflies in Cape May County, but only if you explore spring through fall and only if you visit as many different habitats as possible.
Flowers make for great photographs

Text by Richard Crossley | Published May 10th, 2011 in Birding and Wildlife • Brit's Eye View

This article originally appeared in the June 2007 issue of Cape May Magazine. With spring and summer come the brighter colors of fruiting trees and pretty flowers that photographers crave for to make photographs. Now that is all well and dandy but if you think about it, you will start to understand that most flowers [...]
Birds of a Feather…

Text by George Greer, Jr. | Published November 15th, 2010 in Birding and Wildlife • Tales from the Trails

My younger sister is both a birder and a librarian. That’s about it. Give her a bird and a book and she is SO happy. She migrates every Spring and Fall to Cape May Point , NJ , to witness the great bird migrations there. The Point is a major stopover for about 1000 gigabytes [...]
Sanderlings

Text by Richard Crossley | Published June 1st, 2010 in Birding and Wildlife • Brit's Eye View

They’re beach lovers who run in and out of the waves and are a staple at the Jersey Shore.
The World Series of Birding Takes Flight

Text by CapeMay.com | Published May 1st, 2010 in Birding and Wildlife

It’s been this way throughout human history. Humans approach. Birds fly away. On May 15, human ingenuity and bird-evasive skills go head to head on birding in the world’s greatest natural treasure hunt.
A Little Bit About Butterflies

Text by Lorraine Kiefer | Published October 1st, 2009 in Birding and Wildlife • Garden Talk • Gardening

One of nicest experiences for gardeners is the observation of butterflies in the garden planned for them.
The Best of Cape May 2009

Text by CapeMay.com | Published September 1st, 2009 in B&Bs • Beaches • Best of Cape May • Birding and Wildlife • Guest Houses • Hotels • Innkeeping • Leisure • Museums • Outdoors/Water • Restaurants • Tours

Cyberspace drum roll please as we announce the 2009 winners of the 5th Annual Best of Cape May survey. Every year, winners of the Best of Cape May are determined by online voting. There were 58 categories and awards will be presented to 25 of the winners – many won awards in multiple categories. Voters [...]
Monarch Butterflies in Cape May

Text by Susan Tischler | Published November 1st, 2004 in Birding and Wildlife • Cape May Point

Consider the Monarch Butterfly. It begins life as a caterpillar living underneath the leaves of the milkweed plant for a couple of weeks. Then, it forms a letter J and hangs out under a sheltered area forming a big green glob for about 10 days, after which, it emerges as a breathtakingly beautiful orange and [...]
On Assignment: Searching for Whales in Cape May

Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 1st, 2004 in Birding and Wildlife • On Assignment • Outdoors/Water

Call me Ishmael. No, no. Call me S. Tischler. Some days ago – never mind how long precisely – having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I might hop a ride on the Whale Watcher II, aka, “The Big One.” The ocean is a [...]
Training Day

Text by Susan Tischler | Published April 1st, 2004 in Birding and Wildlife

Don’t bother me, please. I’m in training and I’m very busy. After all, the World Series is only a few weeks away. No, not that World Series – the World Series of Birding (WSB). It’s hosted by the New Jersey Audubon Society and this year will be held on May 15th. So I must pump [...]
On Safari…the Cape May Way

Text by Susan Tischler | Published September 1st, 2003 in Birding and Wildlife • Tours

The other night, I took a sunset Salt Marsh Safari on “The Skimmer,” a 40 ft. pontoon which skims the waterways just like the bird it was named for. Admittedly, I wouldn’t have thought to go on it if I hadn’t been an assignment. Why, you ask? Because birding is a huge component of the safari and birders intimidate me.
27th Annual Hawk Watch

Text by Susan Tischler | Published November 1st, 2002 in Birding and Wildlife

Some sit patiently waiting. Some stand — their bodies pivot, arms upraised, binoculars in hand. They speak in quiet tones like people waiting for a golfer to hit a crucial shot. It’s easy to tell the serious hawk watchers from the everyday tourist or curious spectator. For one, they have equipment.
Cape May Point: Naturally for the Birds

Text by Lisa Bernstein | Published March 1st, 2002 in Birding and Wildlife • Cape May Point

If you asked ten people “What and where is Cape May Point?” you’d probably hear ten completely different answers. For instance: “It’s a little piece of heaven.” “The lighthouse is there.” “That’s where the birds migrate.” “They have a big lake there, don’t they?” “We have a very special place. People who live here and [...]
Living on the Bird Way

Text by Lynn Desman | Published August 1st, 2000 in Birding and Wildlife

“Pisscchhh! pssch, pssch, pssch.” It woke me very early one morning when I was living on Seagrove Avenue, out by Cape May Point. It was a very strange sound. I got out of bed and looked through the window to find what my sleepy eyes perceived as aliens. Two of them stood in my yard, [...]