Joyce and I went to Cape May, NJ the weekend of October 19-21, 2007. We saw lots of neat birds, and I got a bunch of good photos.

We saw a Pectoral Sandpiper at the Wetlands Institute up by Stone Harbor:

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We saw a colony of Black Skimmers on the beach by Cape May city:

More Skimmer photos here.

We saw a few Snowy Egrets:

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Swamp Sparrows hung around the base of the hawk watch platform:

More Swamp Sparrow photos here.

We saw American Wigeon on the Bunker Pond by the hawk watch and on Lily Lake:

More Wigeon photos here.

We lucked out and were there when the season's first Swainson's Hawk flew by the Hawk Watch:

Common Yellowthroats were very common:

We saw some Gadwall too:

A Great Blue Heron posed for pictures in a stream:

More Great Blue Heron photos here.

An Osprey with a fish flew by the hawk watch platform:

More Osprey photos here.

As usual for this time of year, we saw many, many Palm Warblers:

More Palm Warbler photos here.

Finally, we saw many Royal Terns:

More Royal Tern photos here.

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