Shorebirds and waders abound in the marshes and beaches of South Jersey in May. That is like saying commuters abound on Manhattan-bound highways and subways at rush-hour, and a fact that hardly needs this cusimaniac to bring it to anyone's attention, at least if they've not ever been counted among the living that is.
This May day in any given South Jersey tidal marsh was like any given Wedensday at 7:30 a.m on the George Washington Bridge, and therefore full of commuters seeking their fortunes elsewhere, only to return again, and again, and again to seek them once more.
And like any given day, some of the ordinary caught in the memory, and some of the memorable wasn't so ordinary at all.
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| A White-faced Ibis at Heislerville WMA |
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| a crap record shot of the same White-faced Ibis. An annual rarity in NJ, and regular in spring at this very spot |
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| The wonderful and ever rarer gouachey red of the C. canutus rufa, the "Robin Snipe" |
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| "Robin Snipe"- Red Knot- hiding among Short-billed Dowitchers and Dunlin at high tide |
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| American Whimbrel (Hudsonian Curlews) hiding in the salt hay |
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| a flock of dozens of foot-tall, duck-sized birds can just disappear |
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| What a profile, and what camouflage |
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