Cape May Hotline, Cumberland and Altantic Co., NJ RBA
January 28, 2010
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:47:12 -0500
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Cape May, NJ, January 28, 2010
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- RBA
* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM1001.28
* January 28, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
American Woodcock
Bald Eagle
Blue-winged Teal
Common Eider
Eurasian Wigeon
King Eider
Lark Sparrow
Northern Harrier
Redhead
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
White-winged Scoter
- Transcript
Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
To Report: (609) 884-2736, sightings@birdcapemay.org
Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ
Compiler: David Lord, Cape May Bird Observatory with additions by Don Freiday
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org ; http://www.birdcapemay.org
This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May
Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, January 28,
2009. Highlights this week include sightings of LARK SPARROW, KING EIDER, COMMON
EIDERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, TRI-COLORED HERON, EURASIAN
WIGEON, SNOWY EGRET, REDHEAD, SHORT-EARED OWL, NORTHERN HARRIER, BALD EAGLE,
AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and an announcement about CMBO’s coming 3 day Winter Raptor
Workshop.
-For up-to-the-minute Cape May sightings information, photos and downloadable
birding maps and checklist of Cape May, visit www.birdcapemay.org -
A LARK SPARROW was found at the junction of Shunpike Road and Route 9 (the road
leading to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry) in North Cape May on Sunday, January 24,
2010, and was relocated on Tuesday January 26, 2010. Look along Shunpike Road
immediately south of Route 9.
An immature male KING EIDER has been noted at the Coast Guard Jetty in Cape May
(private beach but viewable at great distance by looking north from Poverty
Beach), last reported on Wednesday January 27, 2010.
Over 100 COMMON EIDERS were at Avalon Thursday, January 28, 2010, viewed from
the 8th Street Jetty. A sizeable flock of other sea ducks is present there, and
5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen flying south.
3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were observed in the South Cape May Meadows on Saturday
January 23, 2010.
A TRI-COLORED HERON was seen at Turkey Point in Cumberland County on Saturday
January 23, 2010, in the pond before the last car bridg
2 drake EURASIAN WIGEONS continue on Lighthouse Pond at Cape May Point State
Park, last seen on Sunday, January 24, 2010, along with a drake REDHEAD.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen in the South Cape May Meadows/TNC Cape May Migratory Bird
Refuge on Saturday January 23, 2010.
SHORT-EARED OWL sightings include 4 at Turkey Point, 2 at Newport Landing Road,
2 at the end of Ragged Island Road (all in Cumberland County); and one at Jakes
Landing Road. These were observed on Saturday January 23, 2010 during CMBO’s
Winter Marsh Raptor Survey, which also recorded 127 NORTHERN HARRIERS and 38
BALD EAGLES, mostly adults, at 15 sites in southern NJ.
AMERICAN WOODCOCK were noted displaying at Higbee Beach earlier in the week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CMBO’S WINTERING HAWKS, EAGLES, AND OWLS workshop, Saturday February 13 to
Monday February 15 (President's Weekend), still has a few spaces available. A
weekend of raptor watching and learning, the workshop will seek to find many of
the 13 diurnal raptors and 8 New Jersey owls possible in southern New Jersey’s
mosaic of prey-rich habitats. More information is available at
www.birdcapemay.org/school.php (scroll down for the workshop list).
Preregistration required; call CMBO at (609) 861-0700 x11 to register.
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 WINTER HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake
Drive in Cape May Point is open Wednesday through Monday, 9:30am to 4:30pm;
closed Tuesdays. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is
open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30am to 4:30pm; closed Sundays and Mondays.
******
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
discounts in the stores).
Good Luck and Good Birding!
- End Transcript
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