Birding Cape May in Fall Part TWO - 300 Bird Challenge

[@SamanthaMenzo]

Loved it! Watched while making breakfast. Great job.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you, Samantha. Appreciate it 😊

[@MrTmiket0007]

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Miguel! 👍

[@MHarenArt]

Another fun episode! Thanks for sharing!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@darylbernard2616]

Great to see the two of you again after running into you at the Dry Tortugas - small birding world! Not quite the same group - I organize field tours for Seven Ponds Nature Center and there were four folks on both trips besides me. Still, crazy coincidence! Best of luck on your quest for 300 over the next 6-7 weeks!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Daryl, hoping that Sax-zim Bog will see us over the line. Funny to bump into you again, but good to see you! All the best and happy birding!

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Great vids in nj.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you Kevin, appreciate it

[@thomastuorto9929]

I live a couple miles from Sandy Hook NRA. The bay side of the park is better at low tide. By the Chapel is good in the spring & summer. Ruddyturnstones on there southern migration seemed a bit early to me, like in late August. When you were there & parked out front of Nine Gun Battery & walked to the overlook. You would of been better off going all the way out to the tip, go right, walk all the way back to North Beach & then loop back to your car via the trail in to the Nine Gun Battery. Again , low tide is much better. You would or might have seen Oyster Catchers, Sanderlings, Plovers, & there was a Whimbrel around at that time. I got a pretty good photo of one & a first sighting for me. I’m not a birder but like to photograph them. Spring thru fall is good bayside for the large wading type birds, & the Virginia Rail, Willetts, Greater Yellow Legs & Oyster Catchers. Happy birding. Edit, Also ladt year the time you were there there was all your usual birds on the above walk & around the Nine Gun area, Dark Eyed Junco, Ruby & Gold Crowned Kinglets, Sparrows, etc. Didn’t see any Kinlets this year but didn’t make it out on the ocean side in October at all so,,,

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks for the tips, I'd be up for visiting again sometime. Saw a few Golden-crowned Kinglets when we were there, but as flighty as usual, so couldn't get a good enough shot to include. All the best, happy birding

[@DaveNutter-i2j]

Glad you saw a Seaside Sparrow! I kept hoping one would show for you at Forsythe NWR, where I’ve seen them in May, but it’s tougher when they aren’t singing. Good luck on your quest, but most of all, enjoy it! Thanks for also including views of the birds that aren’t “targets” and the other beautiful wildlife. The Lepidoptera are beautiful. And it’s good to hear from Sarah more, too.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Dave, it's looking like it will go down to the wire. But even if we don't make it, it's been a fun journey with trips we might not otherwise have made. Still learning lepidoptra but have been keeping an eye out for them for the past 2-3 years. All the best to you, happy birding.

[@NathanWebb-c5h]

Congrats on the oystercatchers! I've never seen one, but would love to one day.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Nathan, they're awesome. Hope you get to see one!

[@brighteyedbirding]

Great job you two! I CAN'T wait for the Sax Zim Bog videos! Super exciting! Good luck!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks, can't wait to get away for that trip!

[@marcussmith1768]

Always got to love getting lifers! Great job. See you next time.

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you Marcus. Hopefully more lifers to come 🤩😁

[@HaydenEpp]

Great video! I love seeing the Oystercatchers! That's one I've still not seen. Looking forward to what's to come!

[@BritHikesOntario]

They're super cool. First time I ever saw one (Eurasian one), it was just chilling out in the middle of a grassy field 😁

[@chrisburris1036]

Keep an eye out for winds with a northerly component over the next couple of weeks and try to make your way down to Hawk Cliff near Port Stanley. Golden Eagles are still moving through (we've had days of 44 and 31 recently!), and it's prime time for American Goshawk. Good luck!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thanks Chris, I've heard good things about Hawk Cliff. I really ought to do a hawk watch type video sometime. A little more challenging to film, but it's an important component of fall migration in this part of the world.

[@ShaynaCossetteBirding]

Such wonderful looks at the oyster-catchers! That seaside sparrow was quite flexible in the grass 😂 even though it wasn't what you were looking for you got wonderful views of the Sora! I've only heard them call so far but hoping to find one on camera in the coming years. Another fantastic video and birding adventure!

[@BritHikesOntario]

Thank you Shayna, it was a great trip and the Oyster Catchers and Black Skimmers from part one were big highlights. I'll send you one of my spare Soras, if you can send me a Ruffed Grouse!

[@anvil49]

Never mind....spoke to soon! lol

[@TracyBirds]

Two more to the total!!

[@BritHikesOntario]

It's going down to the wire lol Promise it wasn't planned that way!

[@TracyBirds]

@ 😆

[@markshen3280]

Good morning to both of you from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. May I please ask how do you differentiate between : Cattle Egret, Lesser Egret, Greater Egret, Snowy Egret, and Chinese Egret ?

[@sarathompson-hall]

We don't have all of those egrets, but the three key things I look for are the size, bill colour and leg/foot colour.

[@anvil49]

Just curious...dont you two have a spotting scope?

[@BritHikesOntario]

Maybe we should have saved for a better one. I find that my camera at 500mm gets a slightly closer view than the scope - especially when freezing a photo and zooming in on it. The scope has the advantage of a wider field of view, for scanning, so we use it when the situation calls for that.