Description
Book SynopsisThis illustrated work guides the reader through some of New Jersey's most impressive natural spectacles. From mating horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay to goldenclub and orchids at Web's Mill Bog, the authors seek to capture the Garden State at its best
Trade ReviewNew Jersey is a natural history treasure trove; this book is your treasure map. -- Pete Dunne * New Jersey Audubon Society *
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter of Events
Maps
SPRING
1 Chorusing Frogs in the Spring
2 Shad Run on the Delaware River
3 Glass Eels (American Eels) at Cheesquake
4 Spawning Horseshoe Crabs on Delaware Bay
5 Migrant Shorebirds at Delaware Bay
6 Mountain Laurel
SUMMER
7 Nesting Herons at Avalon
8 Laughing Gulls at Stone Harbor
9 Nesting Least Terns and Black Skimmers
10 Fiddler Crabs at Low Tide
11 Butterflies in Gardens
12 Grass Pink and Other Orchids at Webb's Mill
13 American Lotus at Mannington Marsh
14 Coalescing Terns and Skimmers at Hereford Inlet
FALL
15 Migrating Monarchs at Cape May
16 Migrant Hawks on the Inland Ridges
17 Migrant Hawks at Cape May
18 Migrant Songbirds at Cape May
19 Cranberries in the Pine Barrens
20 Bats at Hibernia Mine
WINTER
21 Dwarf Pine Plains
22 Migrant Snow Geese at Brigantine
23 Wintering Gulls in Coastal New Jersey
24 Brant and Other Waterfowl on the North Shore
25 Swans at Whites Bog and Coastal Lakes
26 Other Spectacles
Epilogue: People at the Mall
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Selected References
Subject Index
Taxonomic Index
