{"id":270,"date":"2011-07-30T00:20:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T00:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=270"},"modified":"2011-07-30T00:23:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T00:23:52","slug":"cape-may-727-and-728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Cape May 7\/27 and 7\/28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was hot and humid, but Cape May still produced! I had a nice morning walk with Chuck and Mary Jane (volunteers with CMBO). There was a great Purple Martin spectacle in the parking lot:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cape May, July 27 and 28, 2011.  Purple Martins at Cape May Point State Park\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634869742631718706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-gbfiiomPeFA\/TjMULRUpDzI\/AAAAAAAANR0\/qaw7GpMF_Wg\/P1090780.JPG?imgmax=400\" alt=\"Cape May, July 27 and 28, 2011.  Purple Martins at Cape May Point State Park\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Black Tern flew over and landed briefly in Bunker Pond. I managed to get one photo of the bird, although it is very cropped:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"OK, here's the Black Tern - all the way on the right\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634870450490930082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-5dD7nLRBCaQ\/TjMU0eTbc6I\/AAAAAAAANTI\/oEMZAmaPiQc\/P1090806.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"OK, here's the Black Tern - all the way on the right\" width=\"288\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><a title=\"And solo cropped Black Tern\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634870472118988498\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-r2jtJHmmgzQ\/TjMU1u39btI\/AAAAAAAANTQ\/vRTzQwuFohw\/P1090806_3.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"And solo cropped Black Tern\" width=\"288\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tern show:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"VIP Tern convention\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634870530422134994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Vldq8lwP3pI\/TjMU5IEg2NI\/AAAAAAAANTY\/qhadanWneVk\/P1090810.JPG?imgmax=400\" alt=\"VIP Tern convention\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went on a whale and dolphin watching trip, and had awesome looks at a pod of about 75 Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphins and also 1 Minke Whale:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"We saw about 75 Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphins (and also a Minke Whale that I couldn't get a photo of)\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634871173320877778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-FYtqr-gjSiY\/TjMVejDhJtI\/AAAAAAAANUo\/sYuaYSO0F1o\/P1090837.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"We saw about 75 Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphins (and also a Minke Whale that I couldn't get a photo of)\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Close-up of the lead dolphin's face - so cool to see its eye\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634871245305541650\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-bX3ej7FjYvs\/TjMVivN_9BI\/AAAAAAAANU0\/GtnTO17-Jbo\/P1090840_1.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"Close-up of the lead dolphin's face - so cool to see its eye\" width=\"288\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I lifed Wilson&#8217;s Storm-Petrel &#8211; saw 6 individuals and got very distant shots of one of the cute, dainty birds:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"One of my 6 lifer WILSON'S STORM PETRELS!!!  Very cropped photo but just for the record\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634871444265714722\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-eycfeSnf_qg\/TjMVuUZzRCI\/AAAAAAAANVU\/bSOYTUm9fIc\/P1090856.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"One of my 6 lifer WILSON'S STORM PETRELS!!!  Very cropped photo but just for the record\" width=\"512\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I waited until the rain passed and went over to Higbees Beach for an hour, where I became breakfast for mosquitoes. But I managed to see a female (or young?) Blue Grosbeak, 3 or 4 Indigo Buntings, a Yellow-breasted Chat, a Black-and-White Warbler, a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Great-crested Flycatchers, 2 RT Hummingbirds, and a very cooperative Yellow-billed Cuckoo &#8211; the bird was right over my head and very curious about the beeping sound my camera was making:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"This very curious Yellow-billed Cuckoo was directly above me. Liked the sound of the beep my camera made\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/PCHICK66\/CapeMayInJuly#5634871676947370466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-0JXMmDJFSc8\/TjMV73NbkeI\/AAAAAAAANVw\/Ykn-jfyunps\/P1090876.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"This very curious Yellow-billed Cuckoo was directly above me. Liked the sound of the beep my camera made\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on any photo, which will bring you to the full album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was hot and humid, but Cape May still produced! I had a nice morning walk with Chuck and Mary Jane (volunteers with CMBO). 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