I'm Just Here for the Bird: Cape May Wrap-up

After Seeing the Whiskered Tern, you'd think the rest of the trip would be anti-climactic. Anything but. We ventured down to Virginia to see not only the wild ponies,(and dolphins), of Chincoteague, but also found a bunch of new birds for the year list as well. Prior to leaving Cape May, we went to Stone Harbor for Red Knots, including a few still in breeding plumage, and the Meadows, where we saw a Clapper Rail, on two very well organised bird walks with exceptional leaders.

In Virginia we found Brown-headed Nuthatches right outside our hotel room and at a local Wildlife Refuge, and on the way home stopped at Bombay Hook NWR where we saw Snow Goose, Avocets and Saltmarsh Sparrows. I had been hoping for Seaside Sparrows as well, but that will have to wait for another time. Our final stop was at the Iroquois Shore Line NWR where a lovely juvenile Broadwing Hawk soared just low enough for us to identify.