Keekeekerr :: Birding Cape May

Cape May Point, NJ

Sunrise:4:42 AM

Sunset:7:10 PM

Today: A chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a northeast wind between 21 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 57. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind between 10 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. North wind around 7 mph becoming southeast. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Cape May, NJ

3/1/2012 5:16:00 PM

This Broad-tailed Hummingbird was positively identified today. Notice the dark tail, dark undertail smudges, green vest, relativelly short straight bill and the gorget feathers.

Congratulations to Michael O'Brien for identifying this properly as the first state record for NJ. (Pending review)

Black-browed Albatross - Hatteras, NC

2/19/2012 6:53:00 AM

This adult Black-browed Albatross flew into the wake of the Stormy Petrel II, February 18, 2012 at around 4:30 pm - 1 mile from Hatteras Inlet. There are only a few accepted records for this species in the western Atlantic.

Comparison with an adult Herring Gull in flight.

Not a bad day after seeing Great Skua on a few occasions! A full page will follow.

See also www.seabirding.com

Bell's Vireo

12/3/2011 3:29:00 PM

Found by Sam Galick this morning at the Beanery.

Rhode Island Text Alerts Added

11/5/2011 1:35:00 PM

RIBirds is now available.

New Texting Areas

11/4/2011 8:35:00 AM

SWNJBird Cumberland, Salem and Gloucester Counties
CentralNJBird Ocean, Burlington and Camden Counties

Also NorthNJBirds : Set up by Simon Lane, now posted.

Monthly Subscriptions

11/4/2011 5:27:00 AM

The monthly subscriptions are now working and you can set up automatic monthly donations through paypal here. If there are any issues (or requests) please feel free to contact me at philomachus@gmail.com

Thank you!

The Big Year

10/28/2011 5:56:00 PM

I have to apologize for the continued delay of the big year. The first big year competition hosted on this website started on July 1, 2008 and was followed by a second big year which ended on June 30, 2010. The competition was based on data that was input into the eBird database. I have every intention on resuming the competition, but I'm trying to migrate the programming code into a new language and a new database. This, along with the recent taxonomic changes have proven to be a difficult process. (Initially, the application was run on PHP code using MySQL as a database and currently the server is running on ASP.NET 4.0 using Microsoft SQL.)

Welcome to Keekeekerr!

10/27/2011 5:46:00 PM

The website is still evolving to merge relevant technologies for bird-related phenomenon. A few years ago, I set up a Text Alert service for unusual bird sightings around Cape May County, NJ. Up until now, the service has been run on a free trial texting service through TextMarks, but has recently been upgraded to a pay service to accommodate the increasing volume of people interested in receiving these alerts.

The Text Alerts will be posted on keekeekerr here. Subscribers are requested to make donations to allow the service to continue.

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