Cape May County, New Jersey

Great Egret in breading plumage: notice the green lore (between the eye and beak)

Avalon, NJ

Immature Great Egret

Avalon, NJ

Immature Great Egrets

Avalon, NJ

Immature Great Egret

Avalon, NJ

Great and Snowy Egrets

Middle Township, NJ

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Avalon, NJ

Immature Black-Crowned Night Heron

Avalon, NJ

Glossy Ibis

Avalon, NJ

Northern Harrier

South Cape May Meadows, Cape May, NJ

Northern Harrier

Cape May, NJ

American Kestrel

Cape May, NJ

Merlin

Cape May, NJ

Clapper Rail

Cape May County, NJ

Ruddy Turnstone: This one has three bands on its legs.

Cape May, NJ

Sanderling in summer plumage

Stone Harbor, NJ

Sanderling in winter plumage

Cape May, NJ

Sanderlings in winter plumage (with a few others)

Avalon, NJ

Semipalmated Sandpipers

Moore's Beach, Cape May County, NJ

Dunlin in summer plumage

Stone Harbor, NJ

Laughing Gulls and shore birds eating Horseshoe Crab eggs

Reeds Beach, Cape May County, NJ

Ruddy Turnstones and Red Knots feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs

Reeds Beach, Cape May County, NJ

Ruddy Turnstones, Red Knots, and Laughing Gulls feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs

Reeds Beach, Cape May County, NJ

Ruddy Turnstiles, Red Knots, and Laughing Gulls feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs

Norbury's Landing, Cape May County, NJ

American Oystercatcher pair with chicks

Stone Harbor, NJ

American Oystercatcher

Stone Harbor, NJ

Killdeer parent with eggs. I was on a group walk when we happened upon this bird. I took the picture while the people close to it were moving away.

Stone Harbor, NJ

Piping Plover

Stone Harbor, NJ

Piping Plover chick

Stone Harbor, NJ

Laughing Gulls eating Horseshoe Crab eggs

Reeds Beach, Cape May County, NJ

Laughing Gulls and shore birds eating Horseshoe Crab eggs

Reeds Beach, Cape May County, NJ

Least Tern

Stone Harbor, NJ

Least Terns in mating behavior

Stone Harbor, NJ

Black Skimmers

Stone Harbor, NJ

Black Skimmer

Stone Harbor, NJ

Black Skimmers

Stone Harbor, NJ

Black Skimmer

Stone Harbor, NJ

Black Skimmers

Cape May, NJ

Immature Black Skimmer

Cape May, NJ

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Cape May Bird Observatory, Goshen, NJ

Tree Swallow

Wetlands Institute, Middle Township, NJ

Barn Swallow

Wetlands Institute, Middle Township, NJ

Song Sparrow

Wetlands Institute, Middle Township, NJ

Monarch Butterfly

Cape May Bird Observatory, Goshen, NJ

Monarch Butterfly - Imagine my surprise when I saw this one still had the price on it. Actually, this one was tagged. I saw several tagged Monarchs.

Cape May, NJ

Monarch Butterfly

Cape May, NJ

Monarch Butterflies

Cape May, NJ

Monarch Butterflies: There were tens of thousands of Monarch Butterflies at Cape May Point State Park. The weather conditions had funneled them there in the same way the birds get funneled. This is a phenomena that does not occur every year.

Cape May, NJ