Lots of fiddler crabs call the Forsythe NWR home.

Marsh fiddler crab
Uca pugilator
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ

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An osprey family makes its home in the shadow of Atlantic City's skyline and the windmills of the Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm.

Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ

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Little fiddler crabs hang out in the marsh shallows near Atlantic City, NJ.


Marsh fiddler crab
Uca pugilator
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ

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A quartet of ibises flies past the Borgata in Atlantic City.

Glossy ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ

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It's well past season, but this egret still has some breeding plumage left.

Snowy egret
Egretta thula
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ

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