Rare Streaked Shearwater Spotted Near Cape May Ferry

I’m not a bird lover. I’m not a bird watcher. I’ve rarely had any interest in birds at all. But when I heard this story, it caught my eye because it is just SO Jersey.

You know how, every once in a while New Jersey throws us a surprise that makes you stop and smile? This week, it’s not a new restaurant or festival. It’s a bird!! A freaking bird. And not just any bird.

What’s this bird doing here in New Jersey?

In Cape May, word is spreading fast about what was gliding just above the water on the Cape May Lewis ferry recently: a streaked shearwater.

It’s a seabird that doesn’t belong here at all. This species is normally found over the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from Cape May. Yet there it was, right off the ferry,…