Cape May 1

Pictures from the dolphin watch at Cape May - there was a lot of bait fish around and therefore many large pods of dolphins:













Check out the scars on these dolphins - their life is not easy:


Besides dolphins, I did get to see two whales. They were reported in a particular spot, and several whale-watching boats plus one small fishing boat converged where they were last seen. The fishing boat was the winner - the whales came up so close to it, they almost overturned it:






Baby blue terrapin turtle:


Immature bald eagle:


And the adult one:


First-year mourning dove:


Osprey about to go on the morning hunt:


Black swan at the Cape May State Park. They are native to Australia, so it's obviously an escapee. But it's not tagged, so no one knows where it escaped from. It'll likely become a permanent resident there.


American oystercatcher at the Stone Harbor:


Piping Plover: