Mouth of the River

Remediation project going on east of the Rt 35 Bridge in Sayreville, Lets hope they do it right.
Parcel A has been preserved for open space.  Specifically, approximately 36.6 acres is preserved for open space, subject to the following:  (1) a Public Access Easement along the waterfront area; (2 ) NRD Conservation Easement, (3) Coastal Wetland Buffer Easement, and (4) Wetland Mitigation Easement.

 

Perth Amboy Waterfront & Raritan Yacht Club

               Great Beds Lighthouse on a Beautiful summer day.

 

These old pilings make great bird roosts.

                Osprey nest on the end pilings, these are  the  young ones,                          their parents have left them to fend on their own.

Wild Shores of South Amboy and Sayreville August 2010

                                                           Great White

                             Swan keeping it white for  summer

              Those Tentacles look dangerous, Ocean Traveler

  There are still some oysters in the Bay, Perth Amboy Breakwater

 Nice Kelp growth there, clearer water, bladderwrack I believe.

Sandy Hook Bay, Summer 2010

                     North of Horse Shoe Cove, looking South

  Slipper Shells are very plentiful here, washed up in mounds.

                         Flotsam is particularly interesting here.

                                             Pound Nets

 

Bunker Remains, Bay side.

Port Monmouth Dunes May 25, 2010

                                   Wrap around swell, all 6 inches of it!

                    Highest dunes on the bay are here, (I think)

             Dunes took quite a beating over the winter of 2009-2010

 

Here's where all the dune sand ended up.

The Bank Swallows took advantage of the steep dunes, however.

 

                         Not sure if this is an old sea bed or not.
 
                                    
     Here's a closeup, don't see any ancient shells or marine fossils.
 

Here's a closeup of gray marl. This sample does have marine shells embedded in it.

Anybody have any thoughts on the old layers?

Whale Creek April 15, 2010

  Blow out/spring low tide, mouth of Whale Creek, Cliffwood Beach

 Went looking for Captain Kidd's treasure during the low low tide, it's near treasure pond.

Found some Treasure! Don't tell anyone, please!

 

Did see a loggerhead on the beach.

 TStorm rears up from the northwest over Perth Amboy/Woodbridge

                         And then rolls over Staten Island

A raft of Brandt.

                This was a really really low low tide, Full moon