Revised 2011 bird total:
437 species

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Cape May plan

Tomorrow I'm leaving Virginia for the last trip of my Junior Big Year - heading to Cape May and area, New Jersey.  It's going to be amazing!  In fact I have 8 targets, of course I won't get all of them but they're all possible.

The 4 main and perhaps easiest targets will be:

Common Eider - lots are in the area.  Should be very easy.
King Eider - what a bird to get in the last days of the year.  I've always wanted to see a King Eider.  A male is being seen with a Common Eider flock at the Avalon Sea Watch.
Eurasian Wigeon - a drake E. Wigeon is being seen at a lake in Cape May.
Bell's Vireo - a Bell's Vireo is being seen at a place in Cape May.

The other targets:

Nelson's Sparrow - hit or miss at a certain location.
Saltmarsh Sparrow - hit or miss at the same location as Nelson's.
Razorbill - seen occasionally from the Avalon Sea Watch.  In fact, on Dec. 22 5 were seen.
Black Guillemot - seen occasionally from the Avalon Sea Watch.

It will be awesome.

1 comment:

  1. have a wonderful Cape May journey Gabriel... what a way to finish out your Big Year. Go Gabriel Go!!

    ReplyDelete