After dinner I wanted to see the waves at Beach Haven Heights, Long Beach Township, New Jersey by the Edwin B Forsyth NWR. The sun was setting as we crossed Dorland J Henderson Memorial Bridge. The last photograph was made at a rest stop on the way home. 8 of 8 posts.
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.
I like to try to identify wildflowers. I use iNaturalist and the internet. The red maples are seeding and from a distance it looks like the trees have red flowers. 5 of 8 posts.
Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica), Great Lizzard Swamp., Cape May Ct Hs, NJ 4/23/2023Red Maple (Acer rubrum), , Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Fern, Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
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