Swifts & Swallows

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These are small birds that are often seen over water. They both feed on flying insects, which they catch on the wing, and over water seems to be a good place to do that. At night, these birds are replaced by bats, doing the same thing. You are unlikely to get a good look at any of these, as they are all very fast and agile fliers.

Chimney Swift

Note the almost absence of a tail and straight wings of the Chimney Swift.

-- Wikipedia


Barn Swallow

Note the graceful forked tail and swept wings of the Barn Swallow.

-- Wikipedia


You are unlikely to ever see anything of either of these birds except a dark silhouette against the sky. Nontheless, they are easy to tell apart. While both are highly acrobatic in flight, neither is as downright erratic as a bat. No need to worry about bats - they have excellent senses, and the last thing they want to do is crash into you!


Cumberland County
( 39.38287, -75.11572 )

  1. Alcyon Lake ( 39.72831, -75.14290 )
  2. Alloway Creek - Hancock's Bridge ( 39.50763, -75.46339 )
  3. Alloway Lake - Alloway ( 39.56288, -75.36070 )
  4. Avis Millpond - Salem River ( 39.63089, -75.29061 )
  5. Bostwick Lake - Cohansey River ( 39.52842, -75.26801 )
  6. Cedar Creek - Stow Creek ( 39.44393, -75.40885 )
  7. Cedar Swamp Creek (N) ( 39.26195, -74.70206 )
  8. Cedar Swamp Creek (S) ( 39.24889, -74.71257 )
  9. Cohansey River - Bridgeton ( 39.42658, -75.23626 )
  10. Cohansey River - Dix WMA ( 39.37361, -75.29350 )
  11. Cohansey River - Ragged Island St. ( 39.36792, -75.35818 )
  12. Delaware Bay - East Point ( 39.19403, -75.02600 )
  13. Delaware Bay - Fortescue ( 39.22920, -75.16834 )
  14. Delaware Bay - Moore's Beach ( 39.18944, -74.95113 )
  15. Delaware Bay - Nantuxent Creek ( 39.28094, -75.24193 )
  16. Delaware Bay - New Sweden ( 39.29765, -75.24765 )
  17. Delaware Bay - Sea Breeze ( 39.32315, -75.32094 )
  18. Delaware Bay - Thompson's Beach ( 39.19244, -74.99485 )
  19. Delaware River - Elsinboro Point ( 39.54510, -75.52995 )
  20. Delaware River - Mad Horse ( 39.42123, -75.42695 )
  21. Delaware River - Miller Road ( 39.38263, -75.40641 )
  22. Dennis Creek - Jake's Landing ( 39.17916, -74.85133 )
  23. East Creek Pond - Dennis ( 39.22333, -74.88656 )
  24. East Lake - Salem River ( 39.64274, -75.31400 )
  25. Franklinville Lake - Franklinville ( 39.61768, -75.07867 )
  26. Gibson's Creek ( 39.35592, -74.72609 )
  27. Great Egg Harbor River - Camp Acagisca ( 39.49275, -74.76715 )
  28. Great Egg Harbor River - Mays Landing ( 39.44940, -74.72489 )
  29. Great Egg Harbor River - New Brooklyn ( 39.70187, -74.93732 )
  30. Great Egg Harbor River - Penny Pot ( 39.57547, -74.82239 )
  31. Great Egg Harbor River - Piney Hollow Rd ( 39.62049, -74.89280 )
  32. Great Egg Harbor River - Weymouth ( 39.51339, -74.77889 )
  33. Hammonton Lake ( 39.63010, -74.78734 )
  34. Lake Lenape - Mays Landing ( 39.46187, -74.73755 )
  35. Lake Nummy - Belleplain ( 39.24691, -74.85720 )
  36. Makepeace Lake ( 39.54717, -74.75058 )
  37. Malaga Lake - Newfield ( 39.57878, -75.05643 )
  38. Maurice River - Alliance Beach ( 39.50198, -75.07976 )
  39. Maurice River - Garden Road ( 39.52199, -75.07329 )
  40. Maurice River - Mauricetown ( 39.28730, -74.98763 )
  41. Maurice River - Milleville ( 39.37706, -75.03671 )
  42. Maurice River - Sharp St ( 39.40012, -75.05345 )
  43. Maurice River - Terrapin Cove ( 39.24547, -75.00404 )
  44. Maurice River - West Side Park ( 39.49608, -75.07611 )
  45. Maurice River - Willow Grove ( 39.54996, -75.07146 )
  46. Oldman's Creek - Harrisonville ( 39.68277, -75.26706 )
  47. Parvin Lake - Pittsgrove ( 39.50613, -75.12979 )
  48. Raccoon Creek - Mullica Hill ( 39.73444, -75.22043 )
  49. Rainbow Lake - Pittsgrove ( 39.48757, -75.11186 )
  50. Salem River - Salem ( 39.57881, -75.46628 )
  51. Salem River - Supawna NWR ( 39.56956, -75.49853 )
  52. Salem River - Woodstown ( 39.64486, -75.32774 )
  53. Shaw's Mill Pond - Newton ( 39.31290, -75.15645 )
  54. Stephen Creek ( 39.38564, -74.73649 )
  55. Stephen Creek - Maple Lake ( 39.40547, -74.77808 )
  56. Stephen Creek - Stephen Lake ( 39.39556, -74.74907 )
  57. Sunset Lake - Cohansey River ( 39.44637, -75.23975 )
  58. Thundergust Lake ( 39.50277, -75.13396 )
  59. Tuckahoe River - Corbin City ( 39.29883, -74.75319 )
  60. Tuckahoe River - Tuckahoe ( 39.29545, -74.74010 )
  61. Union Lake - Millville (E) ( 39.40677, -75.05152 )
  62. Union Lake - Millville (W) ( 39.40812, -75.06712 )
  63. Wilson Lake - Glassboro ( 39.65715, -75.05088 )

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