South Cape May Meadows – Part 1
/After dinner on the first full day of the Cape May Spring (birding) Festival, we headed over to South Cape May Meadows, 200 acres near Cape May Point that is owned by The Nature Conservancy. There are two Purple Martin houses near the entrance; I photographed the birds and the ‘green roof’ of the nearby shed while we waited for our group to accumulate.
There were active Black Skimmers on the wetlands. It will take some practice (and more magnification) to truly capture the action. The Canada goose provides a good comparison for size in this sequence.
I caught a portrait of a skimmer that was momentarily still a little later
And a shimmer showing off its wings as the light was fading.
Tomorrow’s post will continue the sights from our late-in-the-day visit to South Cape May Meadows.
