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title	:	A Naturalist Along the Jersey Shore
author	:	Burger, Joanna.
publisher	:	Rutgers University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0813523001
print isbn13	:	9780813523002
ebook isbn13	:	9780585071329
language	:	English
subject	Natural history--Atlantic Coast (N.J.)
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	QH105.N5B87 1996eb
ddc	:	508.749
subject	:	Natural history--Atlantic Coast (N.J.)

Page iii A Naturalist Along the Jersey Shore Joanna Burger Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey Drawings by the author

Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burger, Joanna. A naturalist along the Jersey shore / Joanna Burger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8135-2299-4 (cloth : alk. paper).ISBN 0-8135-2300-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Natural historyAtlantic Coast (N.J.) I. Title. QH105.N5B87 1996 95-52724 508.749dc20 CIP British Cataloging-in-Publication information available Text and drawings copyright 1996 by Joanna Burger All rights reserved Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey Manufactured in the United States of America

Page v To my husband, Michael Gochfeld, who shared these adventures with me. To our children, Debbie and David, who helped me see nature through fresh eyes. To Anne and Alex Gochfeld, who steadfastly encouraged me to write of my adventures. And to my parents, E. Melvin and Janette Burger, who showed me plants and animals when I was a small child, and always encouraged and supported my interests in nature.

Page vii CONTENTS Preface ix The Shore Community 1 Where Did the Shore Come From? 3 2 Birds on Salt Marshes and Beaches 14 3 Salt Hay, Glasswort, and Other Commercial Ventures 23 4 Is Global Climate Change a Threat? 35 Solidly Spring 5 Oystercatchers and Willets along the Shore 43 6 The Spring Chorus: Fowler's Toads at Little Beach 51 7 Fiddler Crabs at Cheesequake 57 8 Cattle Egrets on Islajo Island 71 9 Killifish Move In 89 10 Horseshoe Crabs on Delaware Bay 99 11 Shorebirds along Delaware Bay 107 Summer Scenes 12 Laughing Gulls at Stone Harbor Marshes 119 13 Civilized Mallards at Manahawkin 128 14 Common Terns and Skimmers at Barnegat Bay 134 15 Piping Plovers at Corson's Inlet 147 16 Peregrines, Ospreys, and Harriers: Diurnal Predators 157 17 Mink, Mussels, and Ghost Crabs 165 18 Diamondback Terrapins at Little Beach 170 19 Mosquitoes: The New Jersey State Bird 180

Page viii Fall Changes 20 The Shorebirds Return 189 21 Migrating Monarchs at Cape May 194 22 Hawks in Cape May 204 Winter Solitude 23 Nocturnal Wanderings at Higbee Beach 213 24 Birding at Point Liberte: In Search of a Snowy Owl 220 25 Snow Geese and Brant at Brigantine and Barnegat Bay 229 Signs of Spring 26 A Killdeer's Plaintive Call on the Rutgers Campus 241 27 Herring Gulls: Newcomers to the Jersey Shore 246 28 Herons and Egrets at Barnegat Bay and along the Kills

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