New Jersey

Pine Barrens Flora

2022-05-022022-04-29Sherry Felix13 Comments

This third and last post on the Pine Barrens shows what a lot of the area looks like inland and a few of the plants.

Pine Barrens Fauna

2022-05-012022-04-29Sherry Felix12 Comments

In addition to butterflies we saw other insects and amphibians. I was pleased to be able to identify the Red Velvet and Ant which is actually in the wasp family.

Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022

Pine Barrens Lepidoptera

2022-04-302022-04-29Sherry Felix4 Comments

On Sunday, April 24, we covered a lot of southern New Jersey, from Atlantic to Cape May Counties, with Rick Ceck (author of Butterflies of the East Coast) and some members of the Linnaean Society of NY. I tried my best to identify these. Any corrections are welcome.

Two more posts to follow about the Pine Barrens trip.

Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus), Pine Barrens, NJ 4/24/2022

Hudson and Jersey City

2021-12-082021-12-06Sherry Felix1 Comment

While on the photoshoot of the moon I photographed some other things while we were at Paulus Hook in New Jersey.

I learned a little about the Morris Canal Morris Canal – Wikipedia

Battery Park Ferry Terminal – reflection of the Harbor11/17/2021

Greenbrook in November

2021-12-062021-11-26Sherry Felix15 Comments

A little private nature sanctuary in Tenafly, New Jersey. It is on the Palisades with a view of the Hudson River towards New York City.

Greenbrook

2021-10-082021-10-07Sherry Felix13 Comments

Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary small private place on the Palisades in New Jersey that we can get access to with a key because we are members. I added a circle created using polar coordinates in Photoshop to the picture of the falls.

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Greenbrook 9/30/2021

Doors at Sandy Hook

2021-10-072021-10-07Sherry Felix19 Comments

Old military testing ground doors at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
For Thursday Doors October 7, 2021.

Monmouth Shore

2021-09-302021-10-01Sherry Felix13 Comments

After our visit to Chessequake State Park I decided to eat dinner at the Drifthouse in a fancy resort by Seabright. The meal was lovely. However, they stuck us in an empty corner as if we were unsuitable clientele.

After dinner we made a short stop at Seven Presidents Park. I noticed an an area set aside for tern nesting. The wavy, wispy clouds were like spin sugar and as the sunset approached the highlights on the ocean picked up a blue and violet tints.