Hiking, backpacking, and canoeing in the greatest state in the nation, South Jersey. #southjerseytrails https://teapawt.org/t.co/Wv3dnTcFEF
Barrington, NJ
Joined April 2017
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CUTE LI’L STINKER: Happy Turtle Tuesday! Swipe left for new photos of a native common musk #turtle (stinkpot) in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. They can emit a musk when frightened. Have you seen this species? 🐢
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#Turtles
NEW POST - Burlington Island Trails - Burlington, NJ
There is a place in NJ you can go where the first European settlers on the Delaware River settled. Where there was an old amusement park. Where there is a big lake. All on an island.
Trail info:
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Exhibition designer Beth Beitel and Natural History Asst. Curator Julie Vastano discussing the layout of invasive phragmites, a common plant throughout New Jersey, that will be on display in "Ecosystems at Risk: Threatened and Endangered in New Jersey." Exhibition opens 4/19.
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Cicadas are coming back to NJ this spring! Periodical cicadas that emerge every 17 years are coming back once the soil temperature reaches 64 degrees. We welcome the cicadas back with open arms (and earplugs in)!
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SPRING BEAUTY: Today's view of a blueberry azure #butterfly (Celastrina lucia) at Whitesbog Village in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. I’m always excited to see butterflies, especially when the temperatures are only in the 40s!
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#Butterflies #nj #insectphoto
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HELLO, YELLOW: New photos of a pine #warbler foraging at Whitesbog Village in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Spring is here, and I’m here for it. Who else is pumped about warbler season? 💛💛💛
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#warblers #birdphoto
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Holding space for national park moments…
📸: Pink and green hues of aurora borealis over @GrandTetonNPS
ALT Pink and green hues of aurora borealis defying gravity over the Tetons.
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Happy #Sunday! Here are early morning scenes that were recently captured at Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in the #NewJersey #Pinelands 🌞…
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#sunburst #sun #thesun #nature #trees #morning #beauty
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PRETTY IN PINK: Last night's cotton candy sunset over Wharton State Forest in the #NewJersey #Pinelands 🩷 …
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#sunset #sunsets
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Hey, go take a hike! No problem. Today is National Take a Hike Day, and there’s no shortage of great #hiking trails in the #NewJersey #Pinelands.
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#hike #takeahikeday #nj #trails #trees
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This morning’s view of a beautiful bald eagle foraging at a lake in the #NewJersey #Pinelands ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#baldeagle #eagle #birdphoto #birds #nature
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I SEE YOU: Here are two newly captured views of an American bittern striking a “concealment pose” while foraging in the Pinelands National Reserve.
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birds #birdphotography #newjersey #Pinelands
South Jersey Trails retweeted
Wildfires are felt far beyond the towns in which they originate, and the resources tapped to fight them are drawn from farther away, too. We look at the ongoing demands of extreme weather on suburban fire companies in @camdencountynj.
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Traffic was detoured off the Cuthbert Boulevard bridge for hours Sunday afternoon after a pair of magnet fisherman pulled an antique shrapnel shell from the Cooper River. Here are the details.
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Happy #SquirrelSunday! Here’s a new photo of a squirrel that was foraging at Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in the #NewJersey #Pinelands ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#squirrel #squirrels
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TURTLE TUESDAY, VOTE EDITION: Happy #TurtleTuesday and #ElectionDay! Voting is turtle-y important and cool. Let’s shellebrate turtles and vote!
#turtles #turtle #boxturtle #vote #election #elections #newjersey #nj
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New views of the Atlantic County Park in Estell Manor City in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. The 1,700-acre park features about 27 miles of trails, a nature center, and ruins of the Estellville glassworks and a plant that made munitions during World War I.
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
