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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTJ1_shorebirds-galore_Cape-May-NJ.html
Each spring, the Delaware Bay shore is inundated with hundreds of thousands of shorebirds migrating north from Central and South America. For many of them, this is the final rest stop before continuing to their Arctic breeding grounds. Shorebirds …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIX_fragile-flyers_Cape-May-NJ.html
September winds from the north and northwest gently push millions of migrating monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) to the Atlantic coast. Many are funneled southward through the Cape May peninsula. Thus begins the 2000-mile journey to their win…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIU_swarms-of-dragonflies_Cape-May-NJ.html
On one recent September day, over 400,000 dragonflies swarmed Cape May. Migrating dragonflies may form swarms between late July and the middle of October, and most often during September.
These harmless insects become more concentrated at penin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIQ_flipper-and-friends_Cape-May-NJ.html
Whales and dolphins, known collectively as cetaceans, visit New Jersey's coastal waters and the Delaware Estuary during the warmer months. Their migratory movements may be a reflection of the changing locations of their prey: fish, crustaceans, mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIP_bats-on-the-move_Cape-May-NJ.html
From April to October, New Jersey's bats feed almost exclusively on nocturnal insects, eliminating thousands of mosquitoes and flying pests each night. But when winter comes, most bats migrate to find alternative food sources or hibernation roosts…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQK0_the-construction-of-fort-miles_Cape-May-NJ.html
As war clouds gathered in the late 1930s, the Army started building massive fortifications at the entrance to the Delaware River and Bay. Called Fort Miles, the main batteries and headquarters were at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, near the main shippin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNE0_landscape_Cape-May-NJ.html
The original landscape of this site was typical of the Cape May peninsula - hollies and red cedars interspersed with beach plums and native grasses. When the Army constructed these cylindrical towers, the original landscape was disturbed. The Army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDZ_the-top-of-the-fire-tower_Cape-May-NJ.html
At the top of the Fire Tower are the slits for the observation level and the rooftop platform. As it was being designed, there was debate about whether the Cape May tower should have one, two or three observation levels. In March 23, 1942, it was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDY_construction-of-fire-control-tower-no-23_Cape-May-NJ.html
White Construction of New York was the contractor for this fire control tower. They used a "sliding form" or "slip form," allowing for a continuous pour of concrete. In June of 1942, about fourteen piles were driven into the ground. Two wooden cyl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDW_the-abrupt-end-of-fort-miles_Cape-May-NJ.html
The Army started dismantling Fort Miles before it was even finished - not in the face of enemy invasion but because advances in warfare made it instantly obsolete. In fact, as early as 1943, construction of the entire nationwide Harbor Defense Mod…