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  1. 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.

  2. 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 [...]

  3. 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 [...]

  4. 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 way [...]

  5. 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 up, [...]

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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 people who visit can feel [...]

  9. 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, looking [...]