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Just for Laughs 6/6: Cape May Dance Company Photo Day On The Bay PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEKSEY MORYAKOV Miss Destiny 504 WASHINGTON STREET MALL 609-884-5466 * SCOPECAPEMAY.COM Tue-Fri 11-5 & Sat-Mon 10-6 Cape May’s Full-Service Jeweler Offering Custom Designs, Watch Batteries & Repairs Maria, Maya, Yvonna, Dora 510 CARPENTERS LANE l 609-854-4489 Shop online at trinketscapemay.com Molly, Elina, Ally, Kelly Ana Page 38 EXIT ZERO June 17, 2021
Bird Droppings Dispatches from the nation’s birdwatching capital… by Seymore Thanu It was a hot, sunny, Sunday beach day. We navigated the walking path around the Nature Conservancy’s South Cape May Meadows Preserve. Taking shelter in the bird blind on the East path, we were captivated by the 50 or so shorebirds arrayed on the exposed mud flat, mostly Semipalmated Sandpipers. We were soon joined by two non-birding visitors. You could tell because of their beach apparel and lack of binoculars. They didn’t notice the sandpipers. Mud colored birds standing on mud defy all but a vocationally calibrated eye. But our discussion alerted them to the possibility of a close encounter with birds beyond the ken. Shorebirds are an acquired art even though many ardent birders pass them by in favor of those cone-cell searing birds like Indigo Bunting and Orchard Oriole which are worth a study when they dain to perch in the open. But the presence of our incipient birders made me realize how much their perusal was missing. Seeing sandpipers in New Jersey is to catch a narrow slice of their incredible loves. Breeding in the Arctic, fattening up in the Bay of Fundy before a nonstop flight to Suriname, then on to New Jersey, interim stop on their way back to the Arctic. The two visitors were also unaware that they were catching the bird’s migratory window as it was closing. Semipalmated Sandpipers are gone come late June. The more you know, the more fascinating these moments become. However, shorebird numbers are plum- meting, down 70 percent in just 30 years. Is that serious? And shorebirds are not the only birds facing population shortfalls. It has been estimated that three billion North American birds have been lost in just 30 years. The challenges birds face ranges from the proliferation of plate-glass windows along key migration routes, free-ranging cats, habitat loss, changing weather patterns and declines in large flying insect populations. What can you do? Place exterior screens on windows to soften the impact of birds striking glass. Keep cats indoors. Do not leave trash on beaches that attract crows, gulls and mammalian scavengers. These predators consume the eggs and young of beach-nesting birds. Support local initiatives that promote open space. Vote for candidates that support fully funded and staffed government agencies dedicated to habitat and bird protection. These biologists stand on the front line of bird protection. Most of all become a motivated partner in our on-going efforts to understand and maintain a healthy planet. June 17, 2021 EXIT ZERO Page 39
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