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Pictured here is the Merlin, a common fall migrant and notorious bully of other birds. About 2,000 of these fast, aggressive falcons pass through Cape May each fall.

• What’s all the Hoopla? Autumn in Cape May
• Cape May Fall Migration Principles
• What to Expect / How to Prepare
• Insider’s Tips

• Morning Flight
• Hawk Watch
• Seawatch
• Monarch Migration

• Early-Autumn: Short-billed Dowitcher
• Mid-Autumn: Northern Flicker
• Late-Autumn: Red Knot

Pictured here is the Snowy Egret, a common warm-weather inhabitant of Cape May’s marshes. This species normally returns to Cape May in mid-March.

• Spring in Cape May: A Whole Different Kind of Migration
• Principles of Spring Migration
• What to Expect / How to Prepare
• Additional Cape May Pointers

• Early-Spring: Red-throated Loon
• Mid-Spring: Prothonotary Warbler
• Late-Spring: Red Knot

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Tom Reed, Take A Kid Birding Mentor