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Hoary Elfin – NJ Pinelands

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Hoary Elfin
Warren Grove NJ
April 2024

I made my annual Spring pilgrimage to the New Jersey Pinelands to photograph these tiny butterflies. This uncropped closeup shot was taken with my 28mm macro lens, no easy feat!

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Canon M5 + EF-M 28mm Macro

Eastern Fence Lizard in New Jersey

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Eastern Fence Lizard
Brendan T Byrne State Forest
New Jersey
July 2023

A closeup view of a common Fence Lizard at rest in the New Jersey Pinelands.

Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400mm

Eastern Kingsnake in NJ

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Eastern Kingsnake
Pinelands National Reserve
New Jersey
July 2023

This Kingsnake was basking on a sand road and then scampered into the dense pinelands understory when it noticed me.

Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400mm

Martha’s Pennants at Brendan T Byrne State Forest

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Martha’s Pennants (dragonflies)
Brendan T Byrne State Forest NJ
July 2023

A pair of Martha’s Pennants in a mating wheel alongside a former cranberry bog.

Canon 77D + Tamron 100-400

Eastern Fence Lizard at Brendan T Byrne State Forest

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Eastern Fence Lizard
Brendan T Byrne State Forest
Burlington County NJ
July 2023

A New Jersey Pinelands denizen is juxtaposed by its native oak and pitch pine habitat.

Canon M5 + 18-150mm EFM lens

Trail with Mountain Laurel

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Trail with Mountain Laurel
Bass River State Forest
New Jersey Pinelands
June 2023

I was not expecting to shoot a landscape at midday yet I had to try to capture the spectacle of peak blooms of the Mountain Laurel.

Canon EOS M5 + 11-22mm

Common Sanddragon in the New Jersey Pinelands

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Common Sanddragon in the New Jersey Pinelands

Bass River State Forest

June 2022

More information on the Common Sanddragon dragonfly – https://njodes.org/Pages/SpeciesAccount.aspx?id=312

Visit Bass River State Forest – https://nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/bassriverstateforest.html

This uncropped image was shot with the Canon 28mm macro lens. Shooting dragonflies or small butterflies with a short lens is very difficult yet allows for a broad view of the surrounding landscape.

Hiking The Eldora Nature Preserve in Cape May County NJ

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Hiking The Eldora Nature Preserve in Cape May County NJ

Encompassing over 900 acres of open space in the southernmost New Jersey Pinelands, Eldora Preserve in the town Delmont is the home of The NJ Nature Conservancy’s Southern Field Office. The hiking trails meander through salt marsh, forest, and vernal ponds.

Plan your visit to Eldora Preserve – https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eldora-nature-preserve/

Eastern Black Rat Snake in Tree Cavity

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Eastern Black Rat Snake in Tree Cavity
 
Wharton State Forest, New Jersey
 
Learn more about the snakes of New Jersey – https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/snake_broch.pdf
 

Mullica River in Late Day

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Mullica River in Late Day
 
Burlington County, NJ
 
Taken on the canoe launch nearby to Batsto Village in the Pinelands.