#birdingbyboatontheosprey — Public Fediverse posts
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A Passing Whimbrel
A lone Whimbrel crossed my path in quiet flight—a fleeting, unplanned first.
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First Greater Yellowlegs
A first sighting of a Greater Yellowlegs, quietly poised in spring plumage, along the marshy edge of Jarvis Sound.
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Alone on the Flats
A distant Black-bellied Plover stood alone on a shimmering mudflat, its quiet presence captured in a soft, spacious frame.
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Brants
Birding by Boat, Birding by Boat on the Osprey, Coastal Birding, Birding, Cape May, Cape May County, Cape May Saltmarsh,
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Purple Sandpipers
Purple Sandpipers foraged quietly on barnacle-covered jetty rocks in Cape May, revealing a surprising adaptation to a rugged, wave-splashed habitat.
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Solo Northern Gannet Flight Over the Inlet
single Northern Gannet glided silently over the inlet, just before the Osprey boat turned back.
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American Oystercatcher
Two American Oystercatchers stood motionless on the jetty at Cape May Inlet—each on one leg, silent and still.
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Marsh Gulls
Three gulls, three very different personalities.
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Saltmarsh Shadows
While drifting through the final bends of the saltmarsh aboard the Osprey, I spotted a group of five Boat-tailed Grackles moving low through the reeds near the mouth of Jarvis Sound. -
Forster’s Tern Over Cape May Harbour
While scanning the skies above Cape May Harbour, I spotted a slender tern gliding past the boat. At first, I wasn’t sure which species I’d photographed—Caspian, Common, or Forster’s? Back at home, subtle field marks confirmed it was Forster’s Tern in breeding plumage. A life bird. One that taught me to look closer.
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Working the Dock
At the marina’s edge, the Ruddy Turnstones scurried along the green planks like tiny dockside inspectors.
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Buffleheads in Motion
My first sighting of Bufflehead during a boat tour in Cape May felt like trying to photograph wind over water. They moved fast, flew low, and never stopped.
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The Cormorants of Cape May
During a boat tour through the Cape May saltmarsh, I observed Double-crested Cormorants at rest, in flight, and in that transitional space between water and sky.
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Cape May Island Birding by Boat
A spring morning on the saltmarsh, quiet but alive. I joined a small group aboard *The Osprey* for a birding cruise around Cape May Island, camera in hand and eyes open for coastal migrants. It began with a twig and a watchful Osprey, and became a slow, quiet journey into the rhythm of observation.