I had this trip to Cape May planned for a long time, but only now got finally round to it. Saturday was dedicated to seeing Philadelphia. After seeing oversized colons and seriously disfigured organs of all sorts at the Mutter museum (really felt like watching a necrophilic horror movie at times) and facing the Easter crowds I was glad to get out into nature on Sunday. Cape May is a premier birding spot on the East coast, and although we did not have fallout conditions, the birding was entertaining to say the least. Best bird of the day was undoubtedly a
Eurasian Wigeon on one of the ponds, that had been hanging out there for a couple of weeks. Other goodies were a pair of
Oystercatchers,
a Snowy Egret, Boat-tailed Grackles and
Mute Swans. Among the many swallows were
Northern-Rough-Wings. At least one
Canada Goose was already in breeding mode and occupied its nest. North of Cape May we made stop at Jakes Landing where several Glossy Ibises showed up. Also around were thousands of waders, too distant to identify, but among them Yellowlegs and
Eastern Willets. Ospreys were numerous along the way.
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