Gulls feasting on horseshoe crab on Reed's Beach near Cape May
The horseshoe crabs lay eggs on the beach in May and the laughing gulls feast on the eggs. Here, another gull is eating the crab as well.
Labels: Cape May, Spring Birds
Info & pictures of common New Jersey birds: the woodpecker, cardinal, king fisher, warbler, robin, tufted titmouse, finch, mallard, cormorant, baby ducks, grebe, goose, cat bird, sapsucker, northern flicker, chickadee, merganser, hawk, heron, hairy woodpecker & goldfinch plus muskrat, groundhog & beaver. Many photos were taken at Lake Nelson in Piscataway, NJ and others in NJ bird spots: Cape May, the Meadowlands, and Sandy Hook or vacations in Florida, California and the Caribbean.
Labels: Cape May, Spring Birds
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Our favorite NJ bird photos include Hairy Woodpeckers, the Black Crowned Night Heron, King Fisher, Bluebird, Cedar waxwing, Cormorant, the Kestrel, the Goldfinch- The State Bird of New Jersey, the Red-bellied Woodpecker, the Mute Swan, a Baby Blue Jay, the Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, a Downy Woodpecker, baby ducks and baby geese.
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