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Cape May Wicker Two locations open seven days 9 to 5 1930 Route 9, Clermont | 609-624-3031 203 Sunset Boulevard, West Cape May | 609- 884-1849 15 % off Surfboard Bars & Tables! Now through Dec 31. Exclusively at Cape May Wicker. Coffee tables $399, 4’ bar & 2 stools $749, 6’ bar & 4 stools $1299, 8’ longboard bar & 6 stools $1699. Pick your size, then pick your favorite finish! Each surfboard is uniquely hand-painted, then polyurethane sealed for outdoor use. No two are the same. Outdoor covers available to protect your investment. Page 38 EXIT ZERO December 30, 2021 capemaywicker.net
Bird Droppings Dispatches from the nation’s birdwatching capital… by Seymore Thanu Every season has its special charms, winter notwithstanding. When wife Linda and I first became involved, we asked each other the important questions that couples ask. “Favorite book?” “Favorite movie?” And while I no longer know the answers to those questions, I do recall Linda’s surprise to my response to her question, “What is your favorite season?” “Winter,” I replied. “Not summer?” she probed. “No...” I replied, simply but sincerely, “...I hate summer.” Summer means sweating under the sheets at night and breathing the same air they were breathing in Birmingham, yesterday. Give me the clean, crisp ice-tinged air seeping out of Canada, anytime. It makes every breath intoxicating and the low-lying winter light gilds the landscape. Summer air blurs the edges and coats the world in bland uniformity. I guess winter light helps explain why I find winter waterfowl so appealing. That and their abundance. In summer, ducks and geese are paired and spread out across the Prairies and the Arctic. Only in winter do the birds coalesce into flocks where their cavorting and gabble is a seasonal delight. In February, if you head for coastal inlets that are stirred by the tide, you can hear the courtship calls of male Long-taileds. It sounds like the birds are saying South Southerly... South Southerly....” In fact, “South Southerly,” was the name market gunners ascribed to the flagellum-tailed birds. In the Arctic the Inuit know the bird as the “Ah-guy-achook,” Another phonetic rendering of the duck’s call. One vocalizing bird will set off a chain reaction of calls followed by a spirited tail chase in which females invite suitors to show their best stuff. One Spring, Linda and I were camped at the edge of the seasonal ice sheet near Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Spring was running late, and thousands of Long-tailed Ducks were jammed up against the ice, waiting for tundra ponds to thaw. Sleep was about impossible given the din of yodeling Long-taileds and the near 24-hour sunlight. The threat of prowling Polar Bears only added to our inability to sleep. But Cape May residents can avoid bears and save the expense of a flight to Pond Inlet and still be treated to the sight and sound of Long-taileds in love. Just head over to Townsend, Cape May or Hereford Inlet and get an ear full. December 30, 2021 EXIT ZERO Page 39
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