Edwin Forsythe NWR part II

Today is the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to say a thank you to all the Firefighters and Police who put their lives in danger on that day and every day and to honor all those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attack. My prayers go out to the victims and their families. It is one day I will never forget.



For my post this week I have some more birds from the Edwin Forsythe wildlife rufuge in New Jersey for my  Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday.



I know by now everyone knows I love to go birding. For me birding is peaceful and relaxing. These photos are from last weekends visit to the wildlife refuge. We saw some great birds and had a great time. Here is a list of some of the birds we saw at the refuge: 4 Clapper Rails,  Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Cattle Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Black Crowned Night Heron, Caspian Terns, Forsters Terns, Black bellied Plovers, Glossy Ibis, Semipalmated Sandpipers and Plovers, Sanderlings, Dowitchers, Yellowlegs, Black Skimmers, hundreds of gulls, Osprey and Swallows. I am sure there are some birds I am forgetting, there were so many.

One of the 4 Clapper Rails we saw.

In my mosaic below I have photos of the terns, gulls, glossy ibis, black bellied plovers and egrets.

Cute juvie Tern...I believe this is a Forsters Tern

In this photo, I believe the large group are the semipalmated sandpipers, swallow, clapper rail, osprey and yellowleg.

Below just three of the  Glossy Ibis we saw.

To see more wonderful Mosaic and photos please visit  Mosaic Monday  and Our world Tuesday.  Thanks to Mary of Mosaic Monday and to the host of Our World: Sylvia, Sandy, Gattina, Lady Fi and Arija.

I hope you enjoyed my birds from the wildlife rufuge and I hope everyone has a great week ahead. Thanks for visiting my blog, I appreciate your comments.

My latest lifer...Cape May Warbler

For my Friday Ark and Camera Critters post I am showing my latest lifer the Cape May Warbler.

The coolest thing about my new lifer, It was seen right on the fireroad in the reservoir just across from my house. Usually I will run all around trying to add a new bird to my life list and this one practically came to me. Very NICE!

The Cape May Warblers are described to have a blackish crown, yellow eyebrow with some chestnut. A yellow throat but may have some chestnut at the throat area too. Olive green back, yellow rump, white belly and undertail and a white wing patch. Breast side and upper belly are streaked with black.

I have seen different warblers over the years at these same berries they are on the top of the plant or tree called the Devil's Walking stick, also known as Hercules Club. What names! I think the white and the purple colored berries are pretty. I was very happy to see this beautiful bird and to add another warbler to my life list.  Now, I have to figure out how to grow this plant in my yard from the berries. Is this possible, does anyone know? I assume there are seeds in these berries. How cool would that be to have this plant in my yard and have all these beautiful warblers coming to eat the berries.

I hope you enjoyed my new lifer the Cape May Warbler  and to see more cute and wonderful animals please visit the Friday Ark  and Camera Critters.  Thanks to the hosts of both the Friday Ark and Misty Dawn of Camera Critters. Thank you also for stopping by to see my post. \

I hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend and HAPPY BIRDING...

SWF>>>>Edwin Forsythe NWR

My post for  Skywatch Friday  is a tribute and remembrance of Sept 11, 2001. It is the 10th anniversary of the terrorists attacks on the USA. My post is to remember and honor the loved ones lost and a tribute to all the wonderful firefighters and police who put their own lives at risk on that horrible day.

Sunrise on the way to the wildlife refuge.

A closeup of the sunrising

The sun's rays shining thru the clouds. A beautiful start to our day.

A groups of Egrets and Glossy Ibis taking off at the refuge.

Terns and gulls in flight

The sun reflecting on the refuge pool at the end of our visit.

Please visit to see more skies and thanks to the Skywatch Friday team of Sylvia, Wren, Sandy and Fishing Guy. Thanks for visiting my post to see my skywatch. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Preferably a dry weekend.

Forsythe Egret

For this weeks post to Wordless Wednesday and Watery Wednesday

I hope you enjoy my Egrets, to see more great photos and post please visit Wordless Wednesday  and Watery Wednesday

Thanks to the host of Wordless Wednesday and to 2sweetnsaxy for hosting Watery Wednesday

Also, thanks for visiting my post.

Birding HarveDeGrace, Maryland

For my Our World post and to show my Tern's I am linking with World Bird Wednesday

On Saturday, hubby and I decided to do some walking and birding at HarveDeGrace, Md. It is a waterfront town and has a nice boardwalk on the waterfront. We spent a good part of our visit watching the Terns diving into the water. They are amazing to watch as they just kind of fall from the sky and dive into the water. They kind of reminded me of how the Northern Gannets dive into the water.

The Forster's Tern is about 14 inches in length. They nest in salt marshes and on barrier beaches. My field guide has that the older juvenile has a black eye patch.

After checking out the dark spot around the eye and the beak color I am still guessing at this id. But, I believe it is the juvenile Forster's tern.

So far I have been seeing Forster's Terns, Common Terns and Caspian Terns. I am still on the lookout for the Black Terns.

HarveDeGrace, Md is a fun town with a nice park, marina, lots of antique stores and great restaurants. Hubby and I chose to eat an early dinner at Chipparelli's Italian restaurant. We were familiar wth the famous Chiparelli's restaurant of Little Italy in Baltimore City. It is nice that they opened a new place in HarveDeGrace.

A walk along the boardwalk was mostly birdless except for the Terns and some seagulls. The water was a high level and the herons we usually see were not around on this day.

The lighthouse look small in size but I always enjoy seeing lighthouses so, I had to have a photo of this HarveDeGrace lighthouse.

There were many people in the park area enjoying Labor Day weekend picnics.

I hope you enjoyed my Tern and tour of HarveDeGrace, Md. Please visit Our World for more wonderful post and photos and to see more great birds make you sure you visit Springman's World Bird Wednesday.

Thanks to the host of Our World: Arija, Gattna, Lady Fi, Sylvia and Sandy and also thanks to Springman of World Bird Wednesday.

Thanks also for visiting my post and blog, I hope everyone has a great week.