Subject: Cape May Nature Notes

From: "Henry M. Brodkin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 17:56:18 -0800

The follwoing nature notes are excerpted with permission from the
transcription of the weekly Cape May Bird Hotlin.

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        Hank Brodkin <[email-masked]> Marina Del Rey, CA
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 95 20:13:34 EST
From: Laurie Larson <[email-masked]>
To: National Birding Hotline Cooperative <[email-masked]>
Subject: RBA: Cape May, March 23 1995

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Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Date:         Mar. 23, 1995
Number:       609-884-2626
To Report:    609-884-2736
Coverage:     Cape May, Cumberland and Altantic Co., New Jersey
Compiler:     Cape May Bird Observatory staff
Transcriber:  Laurie 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 March 23 include sightings
of RUFFED GROUSE, SPOTTED TOWHEE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, and
EURASIAN WIGEON, returning spring migrants, local nature
notes and announcements.

(Bird Stuff Deleted hb)

Local nature notes: Chorus Frogs, Wood Frogs, and Spring
Peepers are all being heard. Butterflies are emerging from
their winter dormancy. MOURNING CLOAK and EASTERN COMMA
were seen March 12, and QUESTION MARKS were first seen
March 13. Other butterflies which winter as caterpillars or
chrysalis are emerging too; ORANGE SULFUR, first seen March
11; CLOUDED WHITE, March 13; and SPRING AZURE, March 13 at
Belleplain State Forest. The sand road through Belleplain
State Forest are especially good for Azures.

[dated material omitted]

Fine print: 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,
phone our office or write to CMBO, PO Box 3, Cape May
Point, NJ 08212. If you're in the area please stop by our
headquarters at 707 East Lake Drive, Cape May Point. 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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