Subject: Cape May Nature Notes - 13 July, 1995

From: Hank Brodkin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 17:28:06 -0700

Below are Nature Notes excerpted from the Cape May RBA transcription
on Birdeast.
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        Hank Brodkin <[email-masked]> Marina Del Rey, CA
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Hotline:      Cape May Birding Hotline
Date:         July 13, 1995
Number:       609-884-2626
To Report:    609-884-2736
Coverage:     Cape May, Cumberland and Altantic Co., NJ
Compiler:     Cape May Bird Observatory staff
Transcriber:  L. Larson ([email-masked])

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of
the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory.
Highlights for the week ending July 13 1995 include
sightings of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, returning shorebirds,  announcements, nature notes,
etc.

The state of NJ has closed the parking lots at Higbee Beach
WMA again for the summer. This does not mean that Higbee
Beach is closed, just the parking lots. You can still bird
and butterfly the area, but you must be dropped off there,
ride a bike, or park in the Hidden Valley parking lot
further up New England Road and walk down. The parking lot
closures are the state's attempt to address illicit
activities that occur there during warm summer months.

(much non- leps info deleted)

CMBO's butterfly counts did exceptionally well this year.
The Cape May count was on June 27 and discovered 41
species. The Belleplain count was on June 30 with a record
52 species. And the Cumberland count was on July 1 with 43
species. Highlights included APPALACHIAN BROWN on the Cape
May count; BRONZE COPPERS, SOUTHERN HAIRSTREAK, & SPOTTED
SKIPPER, on the Belleplain count; and PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL
and HOARY-EDGED SKIPPER on the Cumberland count. VARIEGATED
FRITILLARIES were on all three counts. The Hidden Valley
fields off New England Road in Cape May has milkweed
patches which, on July 12, had a good variety of
butterflies including 4 to 6 VARIEGATED FRITILLARIES.

[Program Information Omitted]

The Cape May Bird Observatory is a research and education
unit of the New Jersey Audubon Society. Our aim is to
perpetuate and preserve the ornithological significance of
Cape May. Your membership supports these goals and this
birding hotline. For more information regarding Cape May
birding, our programs and field trips, and the Observatory,
call our office at 609-884-2736 or a send a request for
info to CMBO, P.O. Box 3, Cape May Point, NJ 08212. If you
are in the area, do not hesitate to visit our headquarters
and growing birding bookstore at 707 E. Lake Dr., Cape May
Point. We're open 9-5 every day but Monday.

The Cape May birding hotline [(609) 884-2626] is a service
of Cape May Bird Observatory and includes sightings from
Cape May, Atlantic, and Cumberland counties and adjacent
areas. Updates are made on Thursday evening, more often if
warranted. [Compiled by CMBO staff; transcribed by L.
Larson ([email-masked]).] Please report
sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at (609)
884-2736. Thank you for calling; good birding.

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