Cape May, NJ
For up-to-date list of Hotspots in the county and recent sightings check the eBird Link.
To report rare or unusual birds
Click Here for an excellent discussion of reporting rare or unusual birds in New Jersey on the NJ Birds Record Committee website.
- To report to New Jersey Birding Listserve (General birding discussion)
Jerseybi@lists.princeton.edu (You must be subscribed to the list to post a message.)
Information on this list is at http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njb/jbird.html - To report to Cape May Birding Hotline (RBA Hotline) (Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties)
(609) 884-2736 or CapeMayReports@njaudubon.org - To report to Voice of New Jersey Audubon (RBA Hotline) (state wide)
sightings@njaudubon.org - To report to New Jersey Birding RBAs (Rarities only)
llarson@princeton.edu - To report to Cape May Natural History and Events Hotline (Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties) –
(609) 861-0700, 884-2736 - To report to New Jersey Birds (A quarterly journal produced by New Jersey Audubon)
(Cape May County) Vince Elia, CMBO Center for Research and Education, 600 Route 47 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210. vince.elia@njaudubon.org - To report to North American Birds
Tom Reed – coturnicops@gmail.com - New Jersey State Records Committee
Bill Boyle, Secretary, NJBRC, 14 Crown Drive, Warren, NJ 07059
report@njbrc.net
Bird Clubs
- Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC)
Academy of Natural Sciences
19th and The Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 - New Jersey Audubon
PO Box 126, 9 Hardscrabble Road
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
(908) 204-8998 - New Jersey Young Birders Club
A state-wide club through New Jersey Audubon for young birders 10+
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/newjerseyyoungbirders
Nature Centers
- Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO)
Northwood Center
P.O. Box 3, 701 East Lake Drive
Cape MayPoint NJ 08212
(609) 884-2736 - Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO) – Goshen
Center for Research and Education
600 Rte 47 North
Cape May Court House NJ 08210
(609) 861-0700 - Nature Center of Cape May
1600 Delaware Avenue
Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 898-8848 - The Wetlands Institute
1075 Stone Harbor Blvd.
Stone Harbor NJ 08247
(609) 368-1211
Books related to birding
- Birds and Birding at Cape May, by Clay and Pat Sutton, Stackpole Books 2006
- Birds of New Jersey by Walsh, Elia, Kane and Halliwell (New Jersey Audubon, 1999)
- A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey by William Boyle (Rutgers University Press, 2002)
- Birding the Delaware Valley Region by John and Justin Harding (Temple University Press, 1980)
- The Birds of Cape May by David Sibley (New Jersey Audubon Society, 1998)