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Schedule

This is a preliminary schedule of events.  Event organizers reserve the right to cancel, add or substitute activities when necessary.  All events run "rain or shine".  

Every day offers a varied selection of activities which, with the exception of those 
special activities marked , do not have to be selected in advance.  

Registrants will receive a packet including a detailed schedule with meeting times, places, directions, map, and admission tags.  Wearing your daily admission tag will give you access to all regular activities including field trips, workshops, programs, demos, and admission to Cape May Convention Hall.

Any activities marked ♦ require advance registration and fee as noted.


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE - FRIDAY, October 26

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Fall Migrants of Higbee Beach

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Birding the Meadows

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

The Trails of Cape May Point State Park

Migratory Watch

7:30am-5:00pm

Cape May Hawk Watch sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Workshop

9:00am-10:00am

Hawk Identification sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Program

10:00am-11:00am

Choosing the Right Camera for Birding with Cameron Cox, Leica

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Fall Migrants of Higbee Beach

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Birding the Meadows

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

The Trails of Cape May Point State Park

Boat Trip

10:00am-12:30pm

Birding by Boat™ ♦ ($35)    

Field Workshop

10:30am-11:30am

Hawk Identification sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Program

11:00am-12:00pm

Birding at 75mph; A Story of Mid-Life Migration with Steve Glynn

Program

11:00am-12:00pm

Monarch Migration - Their Amazing Journey

Exhibitors

12:00pm-5:00pm

Cape May Convention Hall

Demonstration

1:00pm-1:30pm

Extreme Raptor Show with Jonathan Wood

Demonstration

1:00pm-1:45pm

Hawk Banding Demo with Cape May Raptor Project

Program

1:00pm-2:00pm

Witmer Stone, Beyond Birds with Rick Radis

Field Trip

1:30pm-3:30 pm

Ponds of Cape May Point

Field Trip

1:30pm-3:30pm

Cycling Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area

Field Trip

1:30pm-3:30pm

Hawks, Trails, and Beach

Boat Trip

1:30pm-4:00pm

Birding by Boat™ ♦ ($35)        SOLD OUT

Program

2:00pm-3:00pm

The Apostrophe’s, The People Behind the Birds with Bert Filemyr

Workshop

2:00pm-3:30pm

Sparrow Identification with Michael O’Brien

Program

2:00pm-4:00 pm

Organizing, Filing, and Storing Digital Images with Mike Hannisian

Program

2:30pm-3:30pm

Conserving Birds In The Tropics with John Kricher

Demonstration

3:00pm-3:30pm

Extreme Raptor Show with Jonathan Wood

Program

4:00pm-4:45pm

The Art of Bird Identification with Pete Dunne

Evening Program

5:00pm-7:00pm

Visions with Kevin Karlson ($30)


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, October 27 

Photo-shoot

7:00am-9:00am

Extreme Raptors Photo-shoot  ($125)   SOLD OUT

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Fall Migrants Of Higbee Beach

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Birding the Meadows

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

The Trails of Cape May Point State Park

Migratory Watch

7:30am-5:00pm

Cape May Hawk Watch sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Field Trip

8:00am-10:00am

Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area

Field Workshop

8:00am-11:00am

Photo Learning Expedition with Mike Hannisian

Workshop

9:00am-10:00am

Hawk Identification sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Workshop

9:00am-10:30am

Optics 101 with Jim Danzenbaker, Kowa

Demonstration

10:00am-10:45am

Hawk Banding Demo with Cape May Raptor Project

Workshop

10:00am-11:30am

Point-and-Shoot for Wildlife with Stephen Ingraham, Zeiss

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Fall Migrants of Higbee Beach

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Birding the Meadows

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

The Trails of Cape May Point State Park

Boat Trip

10:00am-12:30pm

Birding by Boat™ ♦ ($35)       SOLD OUT

Exhibitors

10:00pm-5:00pm

Cape May Convention Hall

Field Workshop

10:30am-11:30am

Hawk Identification sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Workshop

10:30am-12:30pm

Waterfowl Identification with Pete Bacinski

Boat Trip

10:30am-2:30pm

Mini-Pelagic Birding on the Ferry ♦ ($35)

Demonstration

11:00am-11:45am

Extreme Raptor Show with Jonathan Wood

Program

11:00am-12:00pm

The Nature of The Meadowlands with Jim Wright

Program

11:00am-11:30am

Honduras Natural History and Birding

Program

1:00pm-1:30pm

Birding for Kids (Ages 5-10) with Rich Moncrief

Demonstration

1:00pm-1:45pm

Extreme Raptor Show with Jonathan Wood

Demonstration

1:00pm-1:45pm

Hawk Banding Demo with Cape May Raptor Project

Program

1:00pm-1:45pm

Pinning the Name to the Raptor with Pete Dunne

Field Trip

1:00pm-3:00pm

Freshwater Wetlands Walk

Field Trip

1:30pm-3:30pm

The Bird Is In What Tree? with Mike Crewe

Boat Trip

1:30pm-4:00pm

Birding by Boat™ ($35)    SOLD OUT

Program

2:00pm-2:30pm

eBird: Where Birding, Science, and Conservation Meet with Chris Wood, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Program

2:00pm-2:45pm

Owls and How to Find Them with Don Freiday

Workshop

2:00pm-4:00pm

Identifying Sparrows with Pete Bacinski

Program

2:00pm-4:00pm

Processing Digital Images with Mike Hannisian

Field Trip

2:00pm-4:00pm

Hawks, Trails, and Beach

Program

3:00pm-3:45pm

The Rarest of Rare, Composite Prints of Audubon’s Birds of America with Bert Filemyr and Jeff Holt

Program

3:00pm-3:45pm

Our Changing World & The New Normal with John Kricher

Booksigning

5:00pm-6:00pm

Meet the Authors Booksigning and Social

Dinner / Annual Meeting / Evening Program

6:00pm - 9:00pm

 

Dinner including Annual Meeting of New Jersey Audubon followed by Evening Program Hawks in Flight with Pete Dunne, David Sibley, Clay Sutton ($65)               SOLD OUT 


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE - SUNDAY, October 28

Photo-shoot

7:00am-9:00am

Extreme Raptors Photo-shoot  ($125) ♦  SOLD OUT

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Fall Migrants of Higbee Beach

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Birding the Meadows

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm

Field Trip

7:30am-9:30am

The Trails of Cape May Point State Park

Migratory Watch

7:30am-5:00pm

Cape May Hawk Watch sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Field Workshop

8:00am-11:00am

Photo Learning Expedition with Mike Hannisian

Workshop

9:00am-10:00am

Hawk Identification sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Field Trip

9:30am-11:30am

E-Z Birding

Demonstration

10:00am-10:45am

Hawk Banding Demo with Cape May Raptor Project

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Fall Migrants of Higbee Beach

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Birding the Meadows

Field Trip

10:00am-12:00pm

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm

Boat Trip

10:00am-12:30pm

Birding by Boat™ ($35)

Exhibitors

10:00pm-3:00pm

Cape May Convention Hall

Program

10:30am-11:00am

Birding for Kids (Ages 5-10) with Rich Moncrief

Field Workshop

10:30am-11:30am

Hawk Identification sponsored by Swarovski Optik

Demonstration

11:00am-11:45am

Extreme Raptor Show with Jonathan Wood

Field Trip

11:00am-1:00pm

Cycling Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area

Workshop

12:30pm-1:30pm

What Do Good Birders Know That You Don’t? with Stephen Ingraham

Demonstration

1:00pm-1:45pm

Extreme Raptor Show with Jonathan Wood

Demonstration

1:00pm-1:45pm

Hawk Banding Demo with Cape May Raptor Project

Field Trip

1:00pm-3:00pm

Freshwater Wetlands Walk

Field Trip

1:30pm-3:30pm

The Trails of Cape May Point State Park

Field Trip

1:30pm-3:30 pm

Ponds of Cape May Point

Boat Trip

1:30pm-4:00pm

Birding by Boat™♦ ($35)

Field Trip

2:00pm-4:30pm

Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge