Information Resources

Following is just a handful of the many resources available to help research the area and its wildlife while planning your visit.

For more background information on wildlife watching in New Jersey, visit New Jersey Audubon Society at www.njaudubon.org or New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection at www.state.nj.us/dep. You can download species check lists of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians at www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/chklists.htm.

There are too many bird identification field guides to list them all here, so we will mention only two. For beginners, we recommend Kaufman’s Field Guide to Birds of North America, by Kenn Kaufman, and The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley, which also has an Eastern edition that is a smaller size and may be preferable for bringing into the field.

Also, New Jersey Audubon Society has teamed up with partners around the state to provide boaters with an informative brochure to enrich their boating experience by identifying the 28 most common birds found in and near NJ coastal waters. This Birding for Boaters brochure is part of our education outreach effort, and not only includes tips on bird identification, but also provides recommendations for proper boating “dos and don’ts” to minimize disturbance to coastal nesting species. Click Here for more information.

Books
*Birds of New Jersey* Joan Walsh, Vince Elia, Rich Kane, and Thomas Halliwell. New Jersey Audubon Society, Bernardsville, NJ. 1999. *Birding Cumberland: A Birder’s Guide* to Cumberland County, NJ Clay Sutton. Standard Publishing, Vineland, NJ. 2003. *Butterflies through Binoculars* Jeffrey Glassberg. Oxford University Press. 1998. *Dragonflies through Binoculars* Sidney W. Dunkle. Oxford University Press. 2000. *Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Jersey* Vicki Schwartz and David M. Golden. New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. 2002. *A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey* William J. Boyle, Jr. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ. 2004. *How to Spot Butterflies* Patricia Taylor Sutton and Clay Sutton. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1999.	*Natural Wonders of the Jersey Pines and Shore* Robert A. Peterson. Plexus Publishing, Inc., Medford, NJ. 2005. *A Naturalist Along the Jersey Shore* Joanna Burger. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ. 1996. *New Jersey Parks, Forests, and Natural Areas* Michael P. Brown. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ. 2004. *New Jersey Wildlife Viewing Guide* Laurie Pettigrew. Falcon Publishing, Inc. Helena, Montana. 1998. *Pete Dunne on Bird Watching* Pete Dunne. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 2003. *The Birds of Cape May* David Sibley. New Jersey Audubon Society, Bernardsville, NJ. 1997. *Wild Journeys: Migration in New Jersey* Brian Vernachio, Don Freiday, and Dale A. Rosselet New Jersey Audubon Society, Bernardsville, NJ. 2003.

Audio, Video and Software Tools *Calls of New Jersey Frogs and Toads* David M. Golden and John F. Bunnell New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife *Our Birds: New Jersey* Thayer Birding Software	The Crabs, The Birds, The Bay: The Story of Horseshoe Crabs & Shorebirds on Delaware Bay Natural Art Films. Cape May, NJ. 1997.

Conservation Organizations with Offices in the Delaware Bayshore Region
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge 24 Kimbles Beach Road Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-2078 Phone: 609-463-0994 www.fws.gov/northeast/capemay Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 197 Lighthouse Road Pennsville, NJ 08070 Phone: 856-935-1487 www.fws.gov/northeast/nj/spm.htm New Jersey Audubon Society Cape May Bird Observatory Center for Research and Education 600 Route 47 North Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Phone: 609-861-0700 www.njaudubon.org/Centers/CMBO New Jersey Audubon Society Nature Center of Cape May 1600 Delaware Avenue Cape May, NJ 08204 Phone: 609-898-8848 www.njaudubon.org/Centers/NCCM New Jersey Audubon Society Cape May Bird Observatory Northwood Center 701 East Lake Drive P.O. Box 3 Cape May Point, NJ 08212 Phone: 609-884-2736 www.birdcapemay.org/ Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and its Tributaries P.O. Box 474 Millville, NJ 08332 www.cumauriceriver.org Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) Leesburg, New Jersey Email: info@anjec.org www.anjec.org	Salem County Watershed Task Force P.O. Box 503, Woodstown, NJ 08098 Phone: 856-769-1524 www.scwtf.org Natural Lands Trust New Jersey Field Office 261 School House Road Newport, New Jersey 08345 Phone: 609-447-3425 www.natlands.org The Nature Conservancy Delaware Bayshores Center 2350 Route 47 Delmont, NJ 08314 Phone: 609-861-0600 www.nature.org New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife 8747 Ferry Road Millville, NJ 08332 Phone: 856-785-0592 www.njfishandwildlife.org New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Parks and Forests P.O. Box 404 Trenton, NJ 08625-0404 Phone: 609-292-2531 New Jersey Park Service Phone: 800-843-6420 www.njparksandforests.org The Wetlands Institute 1075 Stone Harbor Boulevard Stone Harbor, NJ 08247-1424 Phone: 609-368-1211 www.wetlandsinstitute.org Bayshore Discovery Project 2800 High Street, Bivalve Port Norris, NJ 08349 Phone: 800-485-3072 www.ajmeerwald.org