NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife: New Jersey beaches close for migrating shorebirds


Photo credit: NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife

The map below shows Delaware Bay beaches which will be closed from May 7 to Friday June 4, 2010. Various beaches have been closed seasonally since 2003 to protect a rapidly-declining population of migrating shorebirds. Delaware Bay is a major migratory stopover along the Atlantic flyway where shorebirds stop each spring to feed on the fat-rich eggs of the horseshoe crab before heading to the Canadian Arctic to breed. (For more information on shorebirds see the Delaware Bay Shorebirds Information page. )

Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 4/19/2010 10:00 AM
Categories: Birds
Tags: delaware bay migrating shorebirds horseshoe crabs red-knots
 

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