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Cape May in Autumn
Tour Code: USA22A relaxed 10-day holiday to the amazing Cape May to enjoy the autumn migration of eastern North America’s birds, as well as butterflies and dragonflies.
£3,895 (Inc flights)
£3,245
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Summary
Cape May has long been heralded as the most exciting migration hotspot in the eastern United States. Each autumn over 300 species of North American birds – many in huge numbers – pass through and over the point as they migrate between their breeding and wintering grounds along the so-called ‘Eastern Flyway’. Bordered by Delaware Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the peninsula acts as a natural funnel, eventually concentrating the birds at its tip. These weary migrants suddenly find themselves ‘trapped’ by water on three sides and many opt to land and rest rather than continue south over the bay and into Delaware. Such a concentration of birds in a relatively small area attracts plenty of keen naturalists too, and presents us with the opportunity to enjoy a week of outstanding, and easy, birding.
- An abundance of migrating songbirds including American wood warblers, vireos, flickers, buntings, and many other species
- Spectacular raptor migration, with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of hawks, harriers and falcons possible in a single day
- One of the largest diversity of waders, herons and other shorebirds in North America
- Boat trip through New Jersey’s southernmost salt marsh for up-close views of shorebirds, herons, and other marsh birds
- Incredible Monarch butterfly and dragonfly migration
Grading
Grade A. The tour is comprised mainly of short walks, of easy to moderate level.
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What's Included?
- Flights
- Accommodation:
Accommodation will be in a comfortable, beach-front hotel in Cape May.
- Food:
Brunches and dinners are included in the tour price, lunches and snacks are at additional cost. Please refer to the detailed itinerary for further details.
Dates & Prices
2024
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Tour Leader: Mike Crewe
Born and raised in Oxford, Mike has lived most of his life in East Anglia, with a short stint in West Sussex and a spell in the USA. He has been a birdwatcher ‘since birth’ (so he says!) and initially took up a career in horticulture, which kick-started an interest in plants. Over time, Mike has evolved into an all-round naturalist with interests in all branches of natural history, working a short time for the British Trust for Ornithology and as an environmental consultant before taking up wildlife tour guiding in 1996. Indeed, he first led walks for local wildlife trusts and bird groups as long ago as 1982 and has continued as a professional guide since the late 1990s, except for six years in the USA, where he worked as Program Director for the famous Cape May Bird Observatory in New Jersey.
Now settled back on the Norfolk coast, he lives with his wife, who is also a professional birdwatching guide. He has served as a committee member on the Suffolk Birds Records Committee, edited various natural history newsletters and bird reports and recently authored two identification guides on the flora of Breckland. Most recently, he has taken on a role as Assistant Editor for British Birds magazine and serves as the Norfolk tutor for the national ‘Identiplant’ training scheme. Somehow, he also manages to find time to maintain two identification websites on the flora of East Anglia and the wildlife of Cape May County, New Jersey!
2025
Prefer to Travel in a Private Group?
For any interested natural history club or society, we can arrange for a private departure of this tour.
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