Birding and Wildlife

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    Winged Wonders

    Text by | 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.

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    Flowers make for great photographs

    Text by | 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 [...]

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    Birds of a Feather…

    Text by | 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 [...]

  4. Sanderlings

    Text by | 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.

  5. The World Series of Birding Takes Flight

    Text by | 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.

  6. A Little Bit About Butterflies

    Text by | 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.

  7. The Best of Cape May 2009

    Text by | 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 [...]

  8. Monarch Butterflies in Cape May

    Text by | 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 [...]

  9. On Assignment: Searching for Whales in Cape May

    Text by | 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 [...]

  10. Training Day

    Text by | 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 [...]

  11. On Safari…the Cape May Way

    Text by | 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 [...]

  12. 27th Annual Hawk Watch

    Text by | 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 [...]

  13. Cape May Point: Naturally for the Birds

    Text by | 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 [...]

  14. Living on the Bird Way

    Text by | 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 [...]