April 2020
Uncertainties about the coronavirus in April kept me close to home, on most days just visiting locations I could reach from my home on foot. Fortunately April is a dynamic time in the natural world here in Cape May. Here are a few photographic highlights from the month.
American Kestrel
Purple Dead-nettle
Black Vulture
Palm Warbler
Clockwise from top left: Red-headed Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, American Coot, Black-and-white Warbler, Great Egret, White-throated Sparrow
Birding in the rain
Prothonotary Warbler
April sunset at the South Cape May Meadows
The Washington St. Mall would normally be bustling on a pleasant April day, but the COVID-19 pandemic was raging in April 2020, stores were closed and people stayed close to home.
Great Horned Owl
Above, left to right: White-eyed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler Below, left to right: Field Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Red Maple seeds, Eastern Towhee
Pine Warbler