Cape May National Wildlife Refuge

Image by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region via FlickrImage by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region via FlickrImage by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region via FlickrImage by Billtacular via FlickrImage by Billtacular via FlickrEstablished 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 black duck, American kestrels, bald eagles, barred owls, blue winged warblers, bobolinks, Cooper's hawks, great blue herons, least tern, little blue herons, northern harriers, ospreys, ovenbirds, peregrine falcons, piping plover, red-headed woodpeckers, red knot, red-shouldered hawks, red tailed hawks, ruddy turnstone, semipalmated sandpiper, sanderling, sharp-shinned hawks, short-eared owls, woodcocks and yellow-crowned night-herons. Reptiles and amphibians include the diamondback terrapin, Eastern tiger salamander and the Southern gray treefrog. 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.

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