PressofAtlanticCity.com: Swallows gathering for migration create a spectacle in Cumberland County
Delbay Wren-Briggs, 5, of Money Island, sits on the shoulders of Tony Klock, of Port Norris, while watching huge flocks of
purple martins fly over the marshlands along the Maurice River in Mauricetown.
Photo credit: Dave Griffin
purple martins fly over the marshlands along the Maurice River in Mauricetown.
Photo credit: Dave Griffin
Local residents need not go to the Serengeti to see one of nature’s most spectacular wildlife migrations. Every August on the banks of the Maurice River, purple martins and other swallows gather in the tens of thousands, forming huge clouds of birds in a display unmatched in New Jersey.
“It’s absolutely amazing. I’ve never seen so many birds in my life!” Diana Pierce, 50, of Glassboro, exclaimed as she watched the birds near the Mauricetown Causeway spanning the river.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 8/25/2010 6:00 AM 
Categories: Birds
Tags: swallows mauricetown cumberland county maurice river purple martins
Categories: Birds
Tags: swallows mauricetown cumberland county maurice river purple martins
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