SAILING DAILY AT 10AM • 1:30PM • 6PM • 2hrs.
SPECIAL 4PM Cape May harbor history cruise • 1hr. • $15 adults, $10 kids, no coupons • Tu, Th. & Sat.
The OFFICIAL CAPE MAY BIRD OBSERVATORY Birding by Boat™ field trip every Sunday and Monday at 10am.
• From the MISS CHRIS MARINA, 1218 Wilson Drive, Cape May • FREE PARKING
SEE THE CALENDAR (TAB ABOVE) FOR DAILY SCHEDULE.
Join the OSPREY for our signature BIRDING BY BOAT™ and Tidalands Discovery tour. Simply put, this is the finest birding by boat and tidelands eco-tour in New Jersey. Birding and tidelands discovery begins immediately in the beautiful Cape Island Creek Preserve, New Jersey’s southernmost salt marsh and a critical migration stop. We cover the hotspots of Cold Spring Harbor then proceed to the vast tidal wetlands along the Intracoastal Waterway. Trips remain on placid inland waters.
OSPREY has an open and enclosed viewing deck with sliding glass panoramic windows. She is very comfortable even on a cool breezy day. A restroom is aboard. We have extra binoculars including SWAROVSKI demo optics to try out.
I hope to see you aboard. Conveniently located in Cape May.
Thanks to Dave Lord for compiling the trip report (as posted on Ebird):
Birding by Boat aboard the Osprey
Location: Cape May County Back Bay
Observation date: 5/13/10
Notes: Back Bay Birding by Boat aboard the Osprey. One Clapper was seen, all the Night Herons sitting out on the island?!
Number of species: 34
Brant 275
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 4
Double-crested Cormorant 379
Great Egret 65
Snowy Egret 54
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 148
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 6
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 11
Osprey 18
Clapper Rail 16
Black-bellied Plover 75
Semipalmated Plover 25
American Oystercatcher 16
Willet (Eastern) 18
Whimbrel 32
Ruddy Turnstone 15
Least Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 450
Short-billed Dowitcher 280
Laughing Gull 540
Herring Gull 165
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 5
Common Tern 9
Forster’s Tern 67
crow sp. 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 25
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Boat-tailed Grackle 17
Thanks to Dave Lord for compiling:
Location: Cape May County Back Bay aboard M.V. Osprey
Observation date: 5/17/10
Number of species: 34
Brant 235
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 375
Great Egret 54
Snowy Egret 26
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 12
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 19
Clapper Rail 7
Black-bellied Plover 175
Semipalmated Plover 6
American Oystercatcher 18
Spotted Sandpiper 9
Willet 23
Whimbrel 72
Ruddy Turnstone 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper 23
Least Sandpiper 4
Dunlin 156
Short-billed Dowitcher 80
Laughing Gull 375
Herring Gull 142
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Least Tern 3
Common Tern 50
Forster’s Tern 115
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Yellow Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Song Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
SAILING DAILY AT 10AM • 1:30PM • 6PM • 2hrs.
