20110412

The Wonders of New Jersey: 61 - 70

  • 61 Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Established as part of the the National Wildlife Refuge System in 1989. The refuge has 11,500 acres and continues to grow. Cape May has a key location on the Atlantic Flyway. Some of the birds which find the refuge important are the American Coots, American Oyster Catcher, American Kestrels, American Redstarts, Arctic Terns, Bald Eagles, Baltimore Orioles, Barn Swallows, Barred Owls, Black-bellied Plovers, Black-crowned Night-Herons, Black-and-White Warblers, Black Ducks, Black Skimmers, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Blackburnian Warblers, Blackpoll Warblers, Blue Grosbeaks, Blue-winged Teals, Blue Winged Warblers, Boat-tailed Grackles, Bobolinks, Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Canada Warblers, Cape May Warblers, Caspian Terns, Cattle Egrets, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Common Terns, Common Yellowthroats, Cooper's Hawks, Dunlins, Eastern Bluebirds, Eastern Kingbirds, Eastern Meadowlarks, Eastern Screech Owls, Eastern Willets, Forster's Terns, Gadwalls, Glossy Ibis, Gray Catbirds,  Great Blue Herons, Great-crested Flycatchers, Great Egrets, Greater Yellowlegs, Green Herons, Gull-billed Terns, Hairy Woodpeckers, Herring Gulls, Hooded Warblers, Indigo Buntings, Laughing Gulls, Least Bitterns, Least Sandpiper, Least Terns, Lesser Yellowlegs, Little Blue Herons, Long-billed Dowitchers, Magnolia Warblers, Merlins, Mute Swans, Northern Harriers, Northern Parulas, Orchard Orioles, Ospreys, Ovenbirds, Pectoral Sandpipers, Peregrine Falcons, Pied-billed Grebes, Piping Plover, Purple Martins, Purple Sandpipers, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Red Knots, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-Shouldered Hawks, Red Tailed Hawks, Red Winged Blackbirds, Ring-billed Gulls, Ring-necked Pheasants, Roseate Terns, Royal Terns, Ruddy Ducks, Ruddy Turnstones, Ruffed Grouse, Saltmarsh Sparrows, Sanderling, Sandwich Terns, Savannah Sparrows, Scarlet Tanagers, Seaside Sparrows, Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Sharp-Shinned Hawks, Short-Billed Dowitchers, Short-eared Owls, Snowy Egrets, Solitary Sandpipers, Stilt Sandpipers, Tree Swallows, Tri-colored Herons, Whimbrels, White-rumped Sandpipers, Wilson's Phalarope, Wilson's Warbler, Woodcocks, Wood Ducks, Wood Thrushes, Worm-eating Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow-throated Warblers and Yellow Warblers. Reptiles and amphibians include the Diamondback Terrapin, Eastern Tiger Salamander and the Southern Gray Teefrog. Swamp Pink, a member of the lily family, is on the Federal list of Endangered species, and this is one of the few places it can be found. There are four hiking trails in the refuge.
  • 62 New Jersey Festival of Balooning The largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival in North America. Earned the American Bus Association's designation as a Top 100 Festival in North America. Held annually at Solberg Airport. Readington.
  • 63 Downtown Collingswood
  • 64 Princeton Art Museum 72,000 works of art. The collections include African art, American art, Islamic and Ancient art, Asian art, Contemporary art, European art, Prints and Drawings, and Photography. Artists represented include: Fra Angelico, Goya, Courbet, Monet, Manet, Redon, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Modigliani and Soutine. Princeton.
    Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
  • 65 Cape May County Zoo 200 different species of animals live in the best zoo in New Jersey. The largest single exhibit is the African Savannah. An aviary and a reptile house are also notable parts of the collection. In a bizarre twist, the Zoo is home to thirteen Chilean Flamingos originally from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. Also, in 2008, the zoo opened a bald eagle exhibit. Picnic areas, nature trails and bike paths are also available.
  • 66 Batsto Village Iron ore from the bogs of New Jersey was big business in the 19th century. Some of the sites include the 32 room Wharton Mansion, the General Store, the Batsto Post Office, the 1828 Gristmill, the Sawmill, the Wheelwright & Blacksmith shops, Worker Cottages, Stone Horse Barn, Piggery, Wood House, Carriage House, Horse Stable, Threshing Barn, Range Barn, Mule Barn, the Ice House, a heaping pile of historic bog iron ore, the remains of an early 1800s ore boat, Batsto Lake and Batsto-Pleasant Mills United Methodist Church.
    Batsto Village by Shawn Perez Batsto Village from Shawn Perez
  • 67 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
    According to their website, UMDNJ is "the nation's largest health sciences University. We are New Jersey's state wide system of health sciences education, biomedical research and HealthCare. We are the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Founded in 1970 to consolidate New Jersey's health professions education, UMDNJ has become the very core of the state's health sciences system. With five campuses and a network of more than 200 affiliated healthcare and educational partners spanning the state, we touch the lives of almost every New Jerseyan every day. Our mission is both simple and inspiring-to enhance the health of all New Jerseyans through broad-based programs covering every aspect of the health sciences."
  • 68 Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford.
  • 69 Santa Claus The modern version of Santa Claus appeared in the New Year’s 1881 edition of Harper’s Weekly. It was created by Morristown illustrator, Thomas Nast. Morristown.
  • 70 Appalachian Trail 2,175 miles long, from Maine to Georgia, the trail enters New Jersey from the south on a pedestrian walkway along Interstate 80 on a pedestrian walkway over the Delaware River. Kittatinny Ridge, Worthington State Forest, Sunfish Pond, Stokes State Forest and High Point State Park, Wawayanda State Park and Abraham Hewitt State Forest are some of the sights one passes through while traveling on the New Jersey section of the trail. 

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