Sandy Hook and Cape May

Sunrise in Cape May:







This is Bobbert - a semi-tame Northern Bobwhite (which is a small quail), one of the few released in Cape May recently:




Cape May - Lewes ferry:






Eastern Rate Snake:


Eastern Box Turtle:


Sandy Hook - view of Coney Island's parachute tower behind an osprey nest (with an osprey on it!)


Swallows in Sandy Hook, with Manhattan skyline in the distance:


There are thousands of swallows massing in Cape May during the fall migration months:


And here is the possible reason the swallows are up in the air - a Peregrine Falcon. Peregrines follow migrating birds (their food) and migrate south with them.


Cedar Waxwing:




Young Northern Mockingbird:


Young Song Sparrow:


Black-and-White Warbler:


An osprey nest on top of an old Fort Hancock building in Sandy Hook: