Woodpeckers - Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area - Moorestown, NJ
N 40° 00.600 W 074° 54.144
18T E 508329 N 4428871
While visiting this newly established park (2009), I walked along the walkway which wraps around the entire park, bringing you back to where you began, I came across over a dozen of these wonderfully informative nature signs, including this one.
Waymark Code: WMABW9
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2010
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This informative interpretive tells all about the fours species of woodpecker you can expect to find here including one that is endangered, the Red-Headed Woodpecker. The pictures of the woodpeckers are beautiful and the information presented is very informative and relative to the park. At the top of the sign, above the birds is the following: If you listen carefully, you might hear the drumming of a woodpecker. The Woodpecker claims territory by drumming its bills against a hard surface. All species of woodpecker have their own rhythm and drumming sound. There are at least three species of woodpecker found in Boundary Creek NRA
These informative signs tell all about this 34 acre park which offers visitors fantastic opportunities for bird watching and wildlife viewing. Upland and lowland forests, fields, tidal wetlands, and the open water of the Rancocas Creek all overlap in this relatively small area to create a haven for all types of birds and other wildlife. This particular sign has a trail running next to it. This is the furthest sign from the parking area, about .15 miles or 812 feet, due west from the main structure.
Visitors can experience fields, shrub/scrub, forest, marsh and river without having to trek far or manage rough terrain. The park has wide, level trails, observation platforms and blinds, good signage, rest rooms and safe parking. The observation platforms overlooking Rancocas Creek can provide interesting sightings in any season, from waterfowl in winter to jumping fish, basking turtles, and flycatchers hawking insects in warmer months. This park was designed specifically for birding and wildlife watching.
To find this marker without a GPSr, park your car at the rotary, walk to the right of the bicycle tender, taking the first and only path. Walk the windy path, you will pass a waymarked interpretive on the left, and then one on the right. The path curves to the left and there will be a small path off to the left. Pass that path and the interpretive marker at the end of it. Continue perfectly straight for exactly 363 feet and the sign is on the right. The trailhead is to the right of it.