Winter Bird Watching in Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey-Part 2
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The egret saw a fish in the water and was almost ready to strike at this moment. I took a movie clip of this
egret in action as shown in the following YouTube website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7OWvqhyEYk
There were many Canada geese flapping their wings splashing water. They seemed to be taking a bath.
We saw many shorebirds on the beach of Atlantic City next to the Garden Pier Art Center. These shorebirds
were busily picking up their foods at the edge of the ocean wave and the sand on the beach. Since ocean wave
comes in and out, these shorebirds were running in and out with the wave. I took a movie clip of such action of
these shorebirds running at the edge of the wave as shown at the following YouTube website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4ACTXmBoq0
The circular sign of Garden Pier Art Center in Atlantic City. The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge at  
Brigantine is only a few miles north of Atlantic City. There was an art show in this Garden Pier Art Center in
November 2009. Therefore, we came to this Art Center in Atlantic City on the afternoon of November 8, 2009 to
see the Art Show first before we drove several miles north to Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge for bird
watching.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Garden Pier Art Center in Atlantic City
Another bird at the edge of water
A view of the unpaved 8-mile loop for bird watching in Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
Suddenly, I saw a big commotion of many birds just above the tree line at a substantial distance away, then I
realized that this big commotion of birds was caused by the presence of a bald eagle posing serious threat to
them. It happened so suddenly that I did not have enough time to focus this picture well. The whole group
moved beyond the tree line quickly such that I did not have a chance to get better pictures of those actions.
Nevertheless, it was an exciting experience for me because it was the first time that I saw a bald eagle in
action in  Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey.

While touring the Cape Brenton National Park in Nova Scotia in eastern Canada in July 2005, we saw and
heard a similar big commotion of a large group of seagulls screaming and shouting in the air to harass a bald
eagle as shown on my Travelogue web page at:

http://www.shltrip.com/Bald_Eagle.html
Some Brandt in flight
Sunset view with many shorebirds in the water in Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
湖畔霞光， Brigaqntine 的日落， 晚霞滿天。

I also took a movie clip of large number of shorebirds with their sound at the sunset time as shown at the
following YouTube website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVpXiVpO84o
Zoom in for a closer view of many shorebirds in the shallow water at sunset time. It appears that this shallow
water area is the roosting place for these shorebirds at night.
Swans and other waterfowl at sunset time
Location and Direction for Edwin B. Forsythe (Brigantine) National Wildlife Refuge are available at the end of
Part 1 listed above.
Garden Pier Art Center at the northern end of the board walk (at the junction of N. New Jersey Ave and Board
Walk) in Atlantic City in New Jersey, USA. The following article:

http://www.phillygambles.com/casinos/reinventing-atlantic-city-garden-pier-getting-facelift-for-two-museums/

indicates that there is a $2.55 million project for a major upgrade of this Garden Pier Art Center to be
completed by May 2012. Furthermore a new luxury casino-hotel, Revel, is also expected to open in May 2012
near this Garden Pier Art Center.
On the 8-mile loop, we saw this egret catching fish
Some of the shorebirds at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
深沉俊容表情含蓄，秉性剛烈無畏無懼， 天上人間任你來去。

After leaving Atlantic City and driving north a few miles on November 8, 2009, we arrived at the Forsythe
National Wildlife Refuge. We saw this hawk at the entrance of this National Wildlife Refuge.
A bitten at the edge of water ready to strike.
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湖畔日落時分，夕照美景。

Part 1 of Winter Bird Watching at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge is at the following web page:

http://www.shltrip.com/Forsythe_Brigantine_NWF.html
In my neighborhood around my home with many tall trees, a hawk will show up from time to time. Then a
group of crows will rise up in the air screaming and shouting to harass the hawk and to drive the hawk away
from the home territory of these crows.

Sometimes, I am inside my house and hear many of those crows screaming and shouting in the air. Even
though I do not see them, I guess probably a hawk shows up again and is causing all those excitements of
many birds in my neighborhood.
A list of several good locations for bird watching and bird photography in winter season in or near New Jersey
is on my web page at:

http://www.shltrip.com/Locations_For_Winter_Birding_in_NJ.html