Philadelphia Inquirer: Hawk-eyed humans vie for birding's 'big year' title


Ducks and a goose share a pond in Cape May Point State Park. Reed said the birds he has seen during his yearlong quest are "a testament to how many protected areas there are in the state.
Photo Credit: Ed Hille

Tom Reed was recently spared a six-hour round-trip drive to North Jersey.

He'd been headed there to see a bird. And not just any bird, but a calliope hummingbird, which normally doesn't come anywhere near here. But someone claimed to have spotted one near I-80.

 

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