Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (7/17/2012)

We spent five days in beautiful Cape May this past week. On the drive down we decided to do some hiking in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, something I've had on my list to do for some time. But it's distance from home didn't warrant the drive. However, the Brigantine Section wasn't too far off the Garden State Parkway so we broke up the nearly three hour drive south by stopping for a visit. We intended on hiking at least 4-5 miles along the several trails but the unbearable heat and humidity caused us to keep the hiking to a minimum, doing not much more than a mile. In addition we drove the beautiful Wildlife Drive and we were virtually the only car there so we were able to stop, get out, fight the incredibly annoying deer flies, snap a few photos, then hop back into the car in search of another bird.

(Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger image in a pop-up window)