A humid, overcast morning at Highs Beach didn't deter us from rescuing 11 female and 52 male horseshoe crabs! There were a good number of other live crabs which didn't require assistance. However, the amount of demised crabs was high. We were afforded a bonus in-service on water quality monitoring around the oyster beds by a Rutgers lab employee. Leader: Mary Watkins
And there were birds....
27 species
4 Great Egret
1 Snowy Egret
4 Osprey
1 Bald Eagle
3 American Oystercatcher
1 Willet
450 Laughing Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Forster's Tern
1 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Kingbird
8 Barn Swallow
2 House Wren
1 Carolina Wren
2 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
3 Northern Mockingbird
26 European Starling
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Blue Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
9 Red-winged Blackbird
17 Common Grackle
1 Orchard Oriole
1 American Goldfinch
