Down the New Jersey shore birding

Okay they were a dozen Concrete ships built when steel was in short supply.

Here is a short story of the ship in my pics, the S.S. Atlantus.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/6838

Here is a little interesting blurb about the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newjersey/work/art17205.html


Here is an interesting fact from the article.

Just offshore, the remnants of the old town of South Cape May lie scattered on the ocean floor. In the early 1950s, the former Victorian resort town was destroyed by a storm and overtaken by the ocean. The preserve, once within the town, remained an open meadow as a result of farming, grazing, and other uses.

http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=543 This is an article on the one that I used to play on and in. When I was a kid the public was still allowed on the ship, and if the Park Rangers didn't catch us we would go below decks during low tide and gather mussels for bait.

Oh yours is in much better shape!

Wow, thanks for sharing.

Hack