The Cape May Peninsula Is Not Like the Rest of New Jersey

• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services 2006
• Subjects: animals; biology; birds; endangered species; fish; fisheries; habitats; land; land use; protected areas; threatened species; vegetation; wetlands; red knot (Calidris canutus); monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus); Atlantic Whitecedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides); Cape May; Calidris canutus; Circus cyaneus; Red Knot; osprey; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/njfieldoffice/Publications/Publications.htm; http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/NJEDL.Report.n4541

This is a report about the Cape May Peninsula. It describes the flora and fauna that its 'Unique Ecosystems' support. In addition to being a migratory route for raptors such as as the sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus), osprey (Pandion haliaetus),and northern harrier (Circus cyaneus),...