Birdwatching in the Marshlands

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May 14, 2017

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ

Two geese with all their ducks in a row . . .






Egret

What do you see?


Seagulls and . . . their strange cousins?

Action shot!


Sandpipers


Silly goose

Ospreys on their nest


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