[Merlins have been offering great looks from the Hawkwatch platform lately. Photo by Tom Reed.] |
Hi everybody! It’s Emily, your George Myers Field Naturalist
this season. I am excited to start
posting updates on how things are going up at the Hawkwatch platform and
around Cape May.
The Hawkwatch was quite eventful this past week. We had some great migration days that brought
large numbers of Osprey, accipiters, falcons, and more. On Sunday, Mary
counted an all-time single day record of Bald Eagles. That is 50 Bald Eagles in
one day! While Mary had her eyes on the
sky, most of us had our eyes on the Whiskered Tern that was flying around
Bunker Pond. A combination of the great
hawk flight and the Whiskered Tern brought nearly 1000 visitors up to the
platform on Sunday. The excitement is
likely to continue this week. The
forecast looks promising for several days of good hawk flights-- and hopefully
the Whiskered Tern will hang around a little longer so that even more folks can get a
look at such an amazing bird! Some more photos of the tern, and its admirers, can be found below.
Lastly, the Avalon Seawatch starts one week from today,
on September 22. Be sure to get out there
and meet this year’s counter, Skye Haas!
[Whiskered Tern on the beach. Photo by Tom Reed.] |
[A full platform of birders observing the Whiskered Tern. Photo by Tom Reed.] |
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