BIRDING PLUS
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| 2009 October 3-9 with George Armistead |
2010 October 2-8 |
Fee TBA. 7 days
From Cape May. Limit: 8
Good accommodations, one site, short drives, easy terrain, warm to cool climate. Our staff travel agents can book your air travel for this tour. Contact us at (800) 728-4953 for more information.
Cape May, New Jersey, is a magical place any time of the year, but in the fall it can be the stuff of legend. Here, on a misty morning, you might see 900 Great Blue Herons rise from the marshes in great squawking squadrons. You might stand on the Cape May hawk watch on a day like the one when 291 Peregrine Falcons rocketed over the beaches of Cape May Point State Park, leaving awe and a bit of envy in their wake. You might find warbler species numbering in the double-digits in the morning, marvel at scores of Broad-winged Hawks sprinkled like pepper across the skies in the afternoon, and retire for the evening with the trace of a fishing Black Skimmer’s graceful flight etched in your memory. And if you’re very lucky, you might awaken in the morning to discover a fabled fallout, when weather conditions conspire to dump a mother lode of feathered jewels onto the southernmost tip of New Jersey.
From mid-September to mid-October, birders have much to focus on. Osprey, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Harrier, and Broad-winged and Sharp-shinned hawks should all be in heavy migration. Shorebird migration peaks during this time for such species as Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Western Sandpiper, Sanderling, and Dunlin. And many small passerines, including a host of warblers, swallows, wrens, sparrows, and buntings, should be present in good numbers.
Join us at Cape May for a week that could provide you with the migration spectacle of a lifetime!
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