Wetland Institute

The following image has the 7x mile island and the wetland that is in between the island and the mainland.
The We stopped at the Wetland institute (at location of red dot) on our way to see Audrey, Karen, Todd and Ken in Ventnor. We learned that the South jersey wetlands are the stopover on a number of birds migration along the eastern seaboard. There are tons of bugs that the birdies eat while they are taking a rest here. It is also home to the terrapin turtles, that get squashed while trying to cross the causways. More on turtle crossing and how to adopt a turtle at:
http://www.wetlandsinstitute.org/research/adopt.html


Beautiful scenery there. Lotsa bugs.

We saw a lecture on marine mammals. Take home = Mylar balloons are super bad for whales and turtles.