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Discusses the popularity of bird watching in the United States and offers the author's experiences with a bird watching trip to Cape May, New Jersey. How the Cape May peninsula's climate, habitat, and protected woodlands are a stopover on the migratory route for millions of birds; Information to be learned about bird behaviors, life cycles, and habitats, as well as environmental concerns.

Discusses the benefits of bird-watching trips with nonprofit groups, such as the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Reports on Cape May, New Jersey as the best area for bird watching because of its climate, geography and variety of bird species.

Expresses the author's wonder at seeing a bird in flight. Mention of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem `The Windhover'; Birdwatching in Central Park, New York City.

Describes Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. Its size; Number of ponds on the fairly small island; Species of plants which live on the island; Birds including warblers, tanagers, catbirds, chickadees and peregrine falcons which stay on the island during their southern migration; Birdwatching on Block Island; Conservation efforts.