Northwest!

Birds, birds, birds. Warblers, hawks, shorebirds, etc were abundant around Cape May today. Morning flight counts at Higbee and in the dunes in Cape May Point yielded some interesting species breakdown comparisons. One was that goodly numbers of Cape May Warblers were flying at the point, but weren't tallied in high numbers further north at Higbee. Later in the day, lots of Cape Mays were discovered mid-afternoon feeding in cedars and other trees around Lily Lake.
Since Doug Gochfeld had the Higbee count under control this morning, I took a walk at Hidden Valley. The car park there had exactly zero cars at 8:30 AM whereas Higbee had at least 50 cars wedged in various nooks. Hidden Valley was overrun with warblers in the hedges, with at least 70 Common Yellowthroats dominating. I was on the search for Connecticut Warbler on the ground, and eventually one stole out for extended views and some photos.

Connecticut Warbler. Hidden Valley, Cape May, NJ (Tom Johnson).