Words by Laura-Marie Koitsch, 2018 Bander In Charge The sixth week of our inaugural banding season began with a stinker of a surprise at the nets and ended with one huge surprise in the nets. September 20, while opening the nets, we came around the corner to discover a skunk had taken…...
Fall Banding Update: Week 5 (9/13 – 9/19)
Words by Laura-Marie Koitsch, 2018 Bander In Charge The fifth week of the inaugural season of NJ Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory banding station saw a continuation of the easterly winds and variable totals from day-to-day. For example, on September 11th, we banded 107 birds, the following day we banded…...
The Best of Migration – Cape May School of Birding Workshops!
Cape May is world renowned for its fall bird and butterfly migration, involving spectacular numbers, diversity, views, and photographic opportunities – and Cape May School of Birding Workshops are an incredible way to enjoy and partake in this natural phenomenon. And the best part is – it’s all going to…...
Fall Banding Update: Week 4 (9/6 – 9/12)
By Laura-Marie Koitsch, 2018 Bander In Charge The fourth week of the inaugural season of NJ Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory banding station began and ended the same way, with birthday celebrations and closing early due to the heat index surpassing 100F. September 6th (David La Puma’s birthday) was particularly…...
FALL MIGRATION AT CAPE MAY with Louise Zemaitis – SEP 13-15
September straddles the migratory timetable; you’re not too late for shorebirds, not too early for hawks, and right on time for warblers and other neotropical migrants. Indeed, it is the great variety of songbirds heading south during early September that will be the main target of this three-day birding workshop…...
Fall Banding Update: Week 3 (8/30 – 9/5)
By Laura-Marie Koitsch, 2018 Bander In Charge The third week of banding continued where the second week left off, closing early due to the heat and capturing a relatively small number of individuals (less than twenty). Although we didn’t band many birds on the 30th, we did have seven recaptures…...
Fall Banding Update: Week 1 (8/15 – 8/22)
By Laura-Marie Koitsch, 2018 Bander In Charge On Wednesday, August 15th, staff and volunteers from New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO) & Cellular Tracking Technologies (CTT) worked tirelessly for several hours clearing net lanes and battling poison ivy and were rewarded for their efforts the next morning when…...
