We went down to Stone Harbor and Cape May today. First stop was at the point in SH. I think these are Sanderlings, their so adorable you just want to scoop them up and take them home.





Here's a Herring Gull with a crab.





Next stop was the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor.I think this is a Double-crested Cormorant.









Forsters Tern- We also saw many Dunlins.



Down in Cape May Pointe State Park here are some Canada Geese but to be truthful there wasn't much around.



Snowy Egret



Everyone was watching these type of Hawks on the platform.





Sorry for so many pics. The End





New Jersey
Zone 6

Wow Helen! - Fabulous series!

Every shot sharp and clear.

We never see any of these birds of course, being land-locked in the mid-west.
I love the cormorants... ha they're soooo cute!

great shooting,

Kenn

i may be wrong, but its got the white supercillium and the banded taill of an accipiter.

Helen - Your photographs are outstanding. It is always a treat to see a new post from you. Thanks.

awesome..

my Aunt and Uncle are going to Cape May birding next week.

They are relatively new birders..
any place special they should go?

alice



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USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Hi Alice, I would definitely send them to Cape May Point State Park.

This time of year there are lots of bird watching tours and lectures.

Here are the walking tours for the month of October.

http://www.birdcapemay.org/programs.php

New Jersey
Zone 6

Thanks James I think it's a Coopers Hawk.

I'll be making a correction on the Cormorant;its a Double-crested.

New Jersey
Zone 6

Here is part of a flock of Double-crested Cormorants.



Here is most of the flock.



New Jersey
Zone 6

A great collection of lovely photos, Helen.

Great pictures! Regarding double crested cormorants,they have become a real problem on Lake Champlain (New York and Vermont),killing all the vegetation on the islands where they nest,and thereby keeping other birds from a nesting site. The islands where they are have become wastelands.

Nancy
Chazy,NY zone 4

Thanks Guys! Wow that's ashame Nancy!

New Jersey
Zone 6

They are definitely Sanderlings.
great pictures, every one of them.

How was cape may? Was it a good migration day?
Did you see any warblers?



Mike
Central NJ/Raritan Bay/Sandy Hook

Hi Mike, I didn't personally see any warblers but did hear others saying they had seen them. I did talk to a man who said he saw a Nelsons Sharp-tailed Sparrow.


New Jersey
Zone 6

Beautiful pictures Helen! I went to stone harbor and cape may on the 30th of september. I saw piping plovers and semipalmated plovers

sarah merion station, Pennsylvania zone 6B

Great job, Helen!