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Birders

Donkees

(31,408 posts) Sat Mar 16, 2024, 11:42 AM Mar 16

Today's Count - 1437 ... so far this morning.

Photos: Ruben Giron

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Double-crested Cormorant Migration Count Cape May Observatory (Original Post) Donkees Mar 16 OP

Today's Count - 1728 Donkees Mar 17 #1

Today's Count - 3678 Donkees Mar 18 #2

Very nice flight shots! Elysium Mar 18 #3

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1. Today's Count - 1728

Sun Mar 17, 2024, 01:44 PM

Mar 17

Double-crested Cormorant - 1728 (started arriving very early morning)

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2. Today's Count - 3678

Mon Mar 18, 2024, 01:11 PM

Mar 18

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3. Very nice flight shots!

Mon Mar 18, 2024, 03:54 PM

Mar 18

With that many birds it sounds like a wonderful place to practice BIF shots.

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4. National Geographic lists Cape May as a World's Best destination for birding:

Mon Mar 18, 2024, 04:19 PM

Mar 18

The narrow peninsula at Cape May acts as a bird funnel, bringing in songbirds during their spring and fall migrations. At dawn on a good day, legendary Higbee Beach offers front-row seats to a feathered fashion show: A steady procession flies by, each bird intent on finding a place to rest as it encounters the natural barrier of Delaware Bay.

https://www.capemay.com/blog/2018/03/national-geographic-names-cape-may-among-top-10-worldwide-destinations-bird-watching/

Welcome to DU! The photos in this thread were taken in Central Park, NYC by Ruben Giron. I used them here in order to illustrate the bird.