Archives for June, 2012:
A whoosh net is a bungee-powered net that launches from the ground over a capture zone. This is a picture of our net in action today. We managed to lure some willets into the capture zone, along [...]
The Delaware Estuary is full of life this time of year. Among the summer residents of the Bay are Loggerhead and Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. It's not clear how many are out there, but enough turtle [...]
Above is a view of the beach during summertime at Wildwood, NJ. Click the image below for an idea of what Wildwood, NJ was like when it was truly wild. [image_lightbox url="https://www.smithjam. [...]
Here's a portrait of the bird from a few posts ago. We caught him! And recovered his geolocator. Here's a look at the general area where he spent the winter in Brazil: [google_map maptype="terra [...]
Check out my review of Girl Hunter in this month's issue of The Nature Conservancy's Science Chronicles at www.conservationgateway.org. [link url="http://www.conservationgatewa [...]
Vintage oyster recipes from New Jersey's oyster capital, Port Norris. While we we are hard at willet work, fishing boats motor past us every day bringing oysters and crabs in from the bay. Cl [...]
This is an Aaron's Skipper. I found it resting on a Spartina stem on a cool day last week. Its one of three skipper species that are dependent on salt marshes. The other two are [link url="http: [...]
I surprised this clapper rail at its nest. Rails usually slink off quietly when a person approaches their nest, but when they have chicks or when the eggs are very close to hatching, the adult works [...]
The tides have been very high at night for the last several days. The day after the full moon we checked the tide levels using this primitive tide gauge: powdered cork in a clear plastic tube. I [...]
Full moon is tonight. The moon brings big flood tides to the marsh, inconvenient for all coastal residents - birds and people alike. Many of our willet nests have failed due to the high tides of r [...]