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I made a quick jolt to go birding with a friend at the bridge to nowhere in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey while everyone else was watching the Super Bowl. We spotted these species and more:

• short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
• rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus)
• tri-colored heron (Egretta tricolor)
• great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
• little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) - juvenile
• downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
• kingfisher- male and female
• red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

And it wouldn’t be Jersey if there weren’t ticks. Yes, you read that right: TICKS. In February. In the winter. Between the two of us and the dog, we found over a dozen on us. ick! I’m still itchy just thinking about it.

The area is called bridge to nowhere because…guess what!? There’s a bridge to nowhere. Who would have thought!?