The first image is the pond by Lucille’s Country Cooking where we stopped for breakfast at the beginning of the Pine Barrens trip. At the end of the trip Marc and I stopped at the Wetlands View and after that ate dinner at the Old Causeway Steak and Oyster House.
Yellow and Black Crowned Night Herons and other birds either nest or are found at the nesting area by Ocean City, New Jersey. 4 of 8 posts.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023
Both species of Ibis nest at the Ocean City Welcome Center in New Jersey. The light brown ibis is an immature white ibis. White Ibis, a southern bird, first began nesting in New Jersey in 2020. 3 of 8 posts
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023American white ibis (Eudocimus albus), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023American white ibis (Eudocimus albus), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023American white ibis (Eudocimus albus), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023
The first stop on our trip to the Pine Barrens was the nesting area at the Ocean City Welcome Center on the Stainton Memorial Causeway, New Jersey. It was a treat to get peaks at the Egret’s blue eggs. 2 of 8 posts.
Great Egret (Ardea alba), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Great Egret (Ardea alba), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Great Egret (Ardea alba), Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City, NJ 4/23/2023
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY has hundreds of doors to the mausoleums. Next to the Callery pear tree is a gate to the afterlife. The last image shows the Manhattan skyline at the horizon.