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Two hours south of New York City, one and a half hours drive from Philadelphia, lies one of the most celebrated birding spots on the planet: a seventeen mile long peninsula named Cape May, New Jersey USA.  Dubbed "The Migration Mainline," and "The Raptor Capital of North America," the Cape's extraordinary concentrations of migrating birds has been known and celebrated since the pioneering days of Alexander Wilson, the Father of American Ornithology.  John James Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson, and most recently, David Sibley all studied here.

In fact, the Sibley guide to birds was written here. Millions (yes, millions!) of migrating birds have been recorded in a single day. Over 420 bird species have been recorded since records were kept and it is possible to record over 200 species in a single day.

When birders gather and talk turns to favorite birding locations, Cape May appears on every birder's short list.  The wonderful staff of the Cape May Bird Observatory are the organizers of the incredible popular annual World Series of Birding.

 Cape May sunset by Mark Garland