Cape May -2

There always has to be a photo of the lighthouse, usually from a new vantage point.

Here is a Monarch and  Lady.  We saw Monarchs every day.

A skimmer surrounded by Forster's terns.

Ospreys we saw often, but always perched on the other side of the pond on the Red Trail.

This great blue heron was also on the other side of the pond.

This red-tailed hawk was seen on the Yellow Trail.

Someone pointed out this native Carolina mantis.  He also said we should destroy all the non native species which eat all our pollinators.

We saw many yellow-rumped warblers, but this was the only one I saw that still had its breeding plumage.

A special treat was this juvenile rufous hummingbird, which is normally seen on the west coast.