NJ-Brigantine+Island--North+Brigantine+Natural+Area

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Atlantic County
=Brigantine Island= =North Brigantine Natural Area= Brigantine, New Jersey 08203 North Brigantine Natural Area Important Bird area web page North Brigantine Natural Area map

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Brigantine Island--North Brigantine Natural Area
Coordinates: 39.4218976, -74.34919 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About North Brigantine Natural Area
Site Description: North Brigantine Natural Area boasts a rarity along New Jersey’s Atlantic coast: approximately 2.5 miles of undeveloped beach. Located between the city of Brigantine and Brigantine Inlet, the site is composed of primary to mature dunes, maritime forest and tidal marsh. The site has been designated as a Natural Heritage Priority Site by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Piping Plovers and Northern Harriers regularly breed at this site. Shorebirds, including as many as 250 state-endangered Red Knots, utilize feeding areas during fall migration. These areas are created by routine flooding along the bay side and northern tip of the site. In addition, there are large open sandy areas that provide resting habitat for shorebirds.

Disturbance from motor vehicles continues to threaten birds at this IBA. NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program temporarily closes part of the beach to vehicles during the Piping Plover’s breeding season. The closure usually coincides with the beginning of fall shorebird migration allowing migrant shorebirds ample feeding and resting areas. When the beach is open to vehicles, birds are subject to the possibility of continual disturbance. Consequently, flocks of shorebirds often retreat to Little Beach, an undeveloped barrier island to the north, which may have fewer feeding opportunities and less resting habitat. Flooding can also be a problem for Piping Plovers during the breeding season as the high water regularly destroys nests. From North Brigantine Natural Area Important Bird area web page



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