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Related: About this forumDouble-crested Cormorant Migration Count Cape May Observatory
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 2024
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Donkees
(32,437 posts)1. Today's Count - 1728
Double-crested Cormorant - 1728 (started arriving very early morning)
Donkees
(32,437 posts)2. Today's Count - 3678
Elysium
(41 posts)3. Very nice flight shots!
With that many birds it sounds like a wonderful place to practice BIF shots.
Donkees
(32,437 posts)4. National Geographic lists Cape May as a World's Best destination for birding:
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/
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.