24 Hours with 3 Teenage Birders: Welcome to the World Series of Birding The sun rises over Cape May Point State Park in southern New Jersey, casting a warm glow over the dense thicket of beach plum and sand cherry trees that line the coastline.
This is the setting for one of the most unusual and exhilarating competitions in the world: the World Series of Birding (WSOB).
For 24 hours, teams of birders armed with binoculars, spotting scopes, and an encyclopedic knowledge of avian species will descend upon this scenic stretch of beach to see who can spot the most species.