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Four years ago we parked on Sidney Road, at the point where the Capoolong Creek Trail crosses, and headed
south along that trail to its southern end 3 miles away. We covered 75% of this beautiful rail trail (twice, since it was an out-and-back), leaving the part north of
Sidney Road (that last mile) for another day. Today we returned to hike that last mile of the Capoolong Creek trail, and then continued north along the beautiful
Landsdown trail all the way to its northern end in the town of Clinton, New Jersey.
It was a gorgeous day, with lots of bird sitings (most too quick to photograph). While we saw only one other person on the Capoolong stretch (a bicyclist), we encountered at least a dozen runners, walkers and bicyclists on the Landsdown trail, a beautifully manicured 2 mile stretch of crushed stone. Total distance hiked today was 5.8 miles in just a bit over 3 hours, with many spots to take in some birding.
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 Sidney Road over Capoolong Creek |
 Farm barn |
 Common fleabane |
 Trail parallels Capoolong Creek |
 Ferns |
 Capoolong Creek |
 Passing behind houses |
 Gate |
 Wildflowers abound |
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 Blowdown |
 Ends at Landsdown Road |
 Site of old station |
 Heading east along active RR |
 Southern end of Landsdown trail |
 Gray Catbird |
 One of many bridges |
 Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
 Capoolong Creek |
 Beautiful house west |
 Cardinal (damned auto-focus) |
 Start of Landsdown |
 Brown-Headed Cowbird |
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 Lush vegetation... |
 ...along the trail |
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 Gray Catbird eating |
 View south |
 Another Gray Catbird eating |
 And another! |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 Red-Winged Blackbird in marsh |
 View south |
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 Red-Winged Blackbird eating |
 Red-Winged Blackbird eating |
 Hampton Inn in distance |
 Flowers in field |
 Tree Swallow on line |
 Crossing at Ramsey Road |
 Continuing north |
 Blue Jay |
 [Photo by Laura] |
 Passaic River view north |
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 Passaic River view south |
 Almost at the end |
 Overprotective House Sparrow |
 Information sign at northern end |
 Northern trail head |
 Music Hall in Clinton |
 Passing under Interstate 78 |
 Turkey Vulture |
 Prothonotary Warbler |
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 Green along Passaic River |
 Don't STOP Believing! |
 Interesting worn sign |
 Heading back south |
 Wildflowers along path |
 Song Sparrow(?) |
 Swampy field east |
 Red-Winged Blackbird in reeds |
 Mourning Dove |
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 Groundhog! |
 Gorgeous path heading south |
 American Robin head-on! |
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 Elusive Cardinal |
 Chipmunk |
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 Box turtle |
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 MetLife blimp |
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 Gray Catbird calling |
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 And it had maps! |
 Gray Catbird calling |
 Resting deer |
 Horse tracks |
 Old railroad spike |
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