Cape May Hotline, Cumberland and Altantic Co., NJ RBA
April 24, 2008
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:50:47 -0400
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- RBA
* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0804.24
* April 24, 2008
- Birds Mentioned
+ Eurasian Collared-Dove
+ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
+ White-faced Ibis
+ Yellow Rail
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
Black Skimmer
Blue Grosbeak
Caspian Tern
Chuck-will's-widow
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Eastern Kingbird
Least Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Red-headed Woodpecker
Royal Tern
Whimbrel
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon
Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared
on Thursday, April 24, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of
WHITE-FACED IBIS, YELLOW RAIL, "EURASIAN" WHIMBREL, EURASIAN COLLARED-
DOVE, SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, COMMON MERGANSER, DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT, LEAST TERN, CASPIAN TERN, ROYAL TERN, BLACK SKIMMER,
PARASITIC JAEGER, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, EASTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-
THROATED VIREO, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, and BLUE
GROSBEAK
-- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the
"View from the Cape" section ofwww.BirdCapeMay.org --
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen at Brig/Forsythe NWR on 4/23,
toward the end of the driving loop in the first field after leaving
the impoundments.
Multiple YELLOW RAILS have been heard this week along Turkey Point
Road in Cumberland County. Another YELLOW RAIL was heard at Jake's
Landing around midnight on 4/24.
A EURASIAN-COLLARED DOVE was found in Cape May Point, in the vicinity
of Lincoln and Lehigh Avenues, on 4/23.
An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was found at Heislerville WMA in Cumberland
County on 4/22 and continued through 4/24.
A "EURASIAN" WHIMBREL was reported near the Wetlands Institute along
Stone Harbor Boulevard on 4/21.
2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continued at Villas WMA/Ponderlodge through
4/20.
A large flight of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS occurred over the area
from 4/18-4/19, likely including 10,000+ birds.
A lingering COMMON MERGANSER and 2 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Brig/
Forsythe NWR on 4/21.
New arrivals this week included: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at Higbee Beach
WMA and CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW in Green Creek on 4/18; ROYAL TERN, BLACK
SKIMMER and PARASITIC JAEGER off Cape May Pt. State Park and WORM-
EATING WARBLER in Belleplain SF on 4/19; LEAST TERN off The Meadows/
CMMBR on 4/23. EASTERN KINGBIRD and BLUE GROSBEAK were reported from
multiple locations this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals.
Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to
The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May
lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an
associate about joining today!
******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on
East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1
- MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and
Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30-
4:30.******
The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon
Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at
609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year;
$49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or
visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in
addition to member discount in the stores).
Good Luck and Good Birding!
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