May 18th
Today I went to Cape May with Jerry. We headed for the Audubon centre then took a look at the shoreline where we would 10+
Purple Sandpiper on a weed encrusted concrete-boulder groin. At sea large numbers of terns out to as far as we could see and a couple of
Northern Gannet far off. Heading then to the park and the Hawk Watching platform from which we then walked along the the back of the dunes and took a circular trail back through the marshes to the car park.
Piping Plover breeding on the dunes and a good number of
Least Tern incubating. Nice close up of a
Mute Swan on nest beside board walk. Jerry got me onto a number of useful birds. Headed then out to the Rea Farm because Jerry was an Audubon member and had access permission. Pleasant walk then back to Reed's Beach.
For more information and a different slant on our activities try the official website at: http://www.shorebirdproject.blogspot.com/
Cape May lighthouse and dunes where the Piping Plover nest
along with the Least Tern colony
Singing male Red-winged Blackbird
Cooperative Mute Swans close beside the boardwalk
Kitten Eastern Cottontail alongside the boardwalk
Rea Farm at Cape May
Lower picture shows Jerry walking a track ahead of me
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