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Cape May Songbird Stopover Project Internship

March 1, 2025 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip Reports, NJ Audubon, Research, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Cape May Songbird Stopover Project Internship New Jersey Audubon Research Department María Jesús Sepulveda Fall 2024 Cape May Songbird Stopover Project Staff, November 6, 2024 First Days on the Job My first day working for the Songbird Stopover Project began on September 8th at the South Cape May Meadows tagging…...

Winter Gardening Tips

February 14, 2025 Jessica Schera Education, Monarch Monitoring, Nature Center of Cape May, NCCM, NJ Audubon, Research, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Winter Gardening Tips By Kristal Stahler Are you a restless winter gardener? It can be difficult to sit back and wait when it comes to your garden, but your winter garden often needs very little intervention! Luckily, there are some tasks you can tackle now if you can brave the…...

Infection in Monarchs (O.e.) Migrating through Cape May Point, NJ

December 19, 2024 Jessica Schera Education, Monarch Monitoring, Nature Center of Cape May, NCCM, NJ Audubon, Research, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (O.e.) Infection in Monarchs Migrating through Cape May Point, NJ By Gayle Steffy, 2024 MMP Field Naturalist Ophryocystis elektroscirrha. (O.e.) is a parasitic single celled organism known as a protozoan that infects monarch butterflies. It is transferred from an infected adult monarch to a caterpillar by spores that…...

Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project Annual Report 2024

December 9, 2024 Jessica Schera Education, Monarch Monitoring, Nature Center of Cape May, NCCM, NJ Audubon, Research, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

By Anna Haggenjos and Gayle Steffy Project Overview The Monarch Monitoring Project (MMP) was founded in 1990 by naturalist Dick Walton and Dr. Lincoln Brower. This project, under New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, seeks to better understand the fall migration of monarch butterflies through Cape May Point and…...

Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project End of Season Blog Post 2023

December 2, 2023 Jessica Schera Education, Monarch Monitoring, NCCM, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

By Anna Haggenjos and Maya Clark Research The Project: The Monarch Monitoring Project, under New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory, seeks to increase our understanding of butterflies and their migration, promote the conservation of monarch butterflies, and educate the public. The project was founded by wildlife enthusiast, Dick Walton,…...

CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH: SEPTEMBER 1-15, 2023

September 28, 2023 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Hey everyone! My name is Aidan Place and I am the new Hawkwatch Counter here at Cape May. I’m extremely excited to be spending the season here and am looking forward to sharing my experiences through this blog. As always, we thank Swarovski Optik for their continued and generous support…...

CMBO Morning Flight: Mid-August summary

August 26, 2023 Tom Reed Morning Flight, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

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Morning Flight: Early August update

August 13, 2023 Tom Reed Morning Flight, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

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Cape May Springwatch: Early-March Update

March 17, 2023 Jessica Schera Cape May Springwatch, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Cape May Springwatch: Early-March Update by Tom Reed: Migration Count Coordinator, NJ Audubon / Cape May Bird Observatory. Spring greetings from Cape May! The 2023 Cape May Springwatch – now in its fifth year as an official New Jersey Audubon project – commenced March 1. As always, we thank the…...

CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH: Mid-September Update

October 4, 2022 Brett Ewald Cape May Hawkwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Osprey. Photo by Gautam Apte. This past week has continued to bring great numbers of birds past the hawkwatch, putting our season total over 8,000 birds so far! Several cold fronts have brought many Sharp-shinned Hawks our way and this is shaping up to be the best season for that…...

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