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A changing of the guard
Birds were moving in and out of the region last night. While not as “mega” as Thursday night, migration was still quite heavy across New Jersey. In my opinion, the prospects for today are enhanced by the influx of birds from both southern New York State and the more coastal region that blanketed us with […]
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Wings on the wind: The flight of a decade
“The flight of the lifetime!” came across my phone last night as I sat in a dark spot between the Cape May Convention Center and the adjacent building, gazed upwards, and marveled at 300 birds passing overhead… …in a single minute. Whether it was really the flight of a lifetime or simply one of the […]
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The floodgates are open over the Northeast
Migration is hot and heavy right now over coastal New England and New Jersey. Winds over most of New York State are too strong and out of the west for a big flight, so those birds will have to wait until tomorrow night. In the meantime, we should see a flood of late October birds […]
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Weekend Outlook- it’s gonna ROCK!
Looking ahead to the upcoming Fall Weekend here in Cape May, things couldn’t be much better. Well, if we could get a large rain event to really put the birds down right along the coast then that might be better for birders- although you’d be guaranteed to be soggy by mid-morning. That’s not going to […]
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Moving to late-fall schedule
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the site this fall, both through your field observations and great feedback to my posts, and in your financial support to woodcreeper.com which helps greatly in keeping the lights on around here. If you feel this website provides you something valuable, you can always throw some change in the […]