Maurice River NJ roost

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~Ray~Gingerich
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Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

I went to the Maurice river NJ roost last night. The weather was perfect for a cruise down the river, Lots of ospreys to see and beautiful views of the river, and the martins put on a very nice show.At first there were only a few martins then suddenly the sky was filled with martins. There was even a group of Amish people from PA. on the boat. As always Alan Jackson did an excellent narration.
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~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
Daveb
Posts: 15
Joined: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:47 am
Location: Waretown NJ

Is there a schedule for the roost visit boat tour? I thought I saw something last year about it.
~Ray~Gingerich
Posts: 2122
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

The last I heard they have one more trip on Aug 15th...don't know if it's sold out yet.
http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/ ... river.html
~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
Daveb
Posts: 15
Joined: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:47 am
Location: Waretown NJ

Ok, thank you for the information. I emailed them to reserve two seats.
Daveb
Posts: 15
Joined: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:47 am
Location: Waretown NJ

We booked seats for this Friday. Really looking forward to it!
birdy girl
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Joined: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:09 am
Location: Mississippi/Dumas

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them for us all to see.
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