Two of my favorite places for nature meditation are the state park in Cape May Point, and the nearby Nature Conservancy. Both always yield something of interest, and both provide an environment for contemplation and discovery.
A few highlights ...
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Least Tern |
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Laughing Gull |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
The Swamp Rose Mallow throughout the marshes was stunning ...
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Swamp Rose Mallow |
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Swamp Rose Mallow | | |
Mute Swans are exotics, and pose problems for native species, but there is no denying that they are beautiful birds, and magnificent in flight ...
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Mute Swans |
Equally magnificent in flight is the Osprey ...
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Osprey |
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Osprey |
This young Great Blue Heron caught a hearty breakfast, but could not figure out how to manipulate his catch so that it could be swallow head first. He flew a short distance to a dry patch of ground, dropped this fish, stabbed at it once or twice, then picked it up with head positioned correctly. In third picture, note the "throat bulge" of the swallowed fish ...
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Great Blue Heron |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Great Blue Heron |
Watching the Snowy Egret foraging in shallow water was a thing of delicate beauty (unless you happened to be a small fish) ...
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Snowy Egret |
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Snowy Egret |
Good Birding!!