I took these items home from E. B. Forsythe to photograph and added backgrounds to them.
Lichen, E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Pine Cone, E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Pine Cone, E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020
E B Forsythe NWR
Scenes in Forsythe
I used my wide angle Nikon 14-24 mm 2.8 f lens for these photographs taken at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, except for the last one with the grasses.
E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020
Birds in Forsythe
My main goal at E. B. Forsythe NWR was to see some Snow Geese – mission accomplished. We also saw a Snowy Owl way off in the marsh and an immature Bald Eagle. It is so relaxing to drive around the loop with my scope and camera. The weather on Sunday was shirtsleeve warm.
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Greater Yellowlegs (Tinga melanoleuca), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020 
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), E B Forsythe NWR 12/13/2020
Leeds Point
On Sunday we drove down to Edwin B. Forsythe NWR in New Jersey. We stopped at the Oyster Creek Restaurant for a seafood dinner out in the wetlands on the way home. Out back there were boats camouflaged for duck hunting. In the first photograph there is a deer made of grasses in the far right. I didn’t see it until I looked closely at the photograph. I’ll be posting more in the next couple of days.
Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020 
Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020 
Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020 
Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020 
Duck blind, Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020 
Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020 
Oyster Creek Rest., Otter Pond, Leeds Point, NJ 12/13/2020
Three Egrets
I composited three egrets and added clouds and water effects. the second with white seed filaments that look like water spray.
Great Egrets (Ardea alba), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Great Egrets (Ardea alba), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020
Forsythe Insects and Flowers
Third of 3 posts from Friday, July 31.
Queen Ann’s Lace, E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Swamp Rose-mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Clouded Sulphur (Colius philodice), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Sand Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020
Forsythe Birds
Shorebird migration appears to be on.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), and Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Red Knot (Calidris canutus), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) and Forster’s Terns (Sterna forsteri), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Great Egret (Ardea alba), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Great Egrets (Ardea alba), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Ospreys (Neognathae Accipitriformes Pandionidae), E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020
Forsythe Landscapes
After an unsuccessful attempt at house hunting in NJ on Friday. We went to E. B. Forsythe NWR in the afternoon. It was a rainy and very buggy. The little specks in the mud are all the shorebirds. Details in next post.
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
Atlantic City from E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020 
E B Forsythe NWR 7/31/2020
Sherry Felix - port4u 