One of the cool things about living year-round on the Jersey Shore is getting to experience the various seasons of the beach and wetlands.  True locals know that there’s more to “the beach” than bikinis, suntan lotion and swimming in the ocean (though we LOVE those parts too!).

The birds of the Jersey Shore can be a very cool beach experience for people of all ages.

So, we’ve put together a simple list of some of our favorites to watch when we make trips to the boardwalks and beaches all year ’round!  While some of these pictures aren’t from actual local beaches the birds are seen here on the Jersey shore.

• Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

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  A sandpiper wades the water in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with the space center. Sandpipers are usually seen foraging on the beach or margins of lakes, ponds, marshes or streams. The open waters of the Wildlife Refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. The refuge comprises 92,000 acres, ranging from fresh-water impoundments, salt-water estuaries and brackish marshes to hardwood hammocks and pine flatwoods. The diverse landscape provides habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles, including such endangered species as Southern bald eagles, wood storks, Florida scrub jays, Atlantic loggerhead and leatherback turtles, osprey, and nearly 5,000 alligators. (photo by NASA)

• General Views of New York

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  LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK - JULY 31: A common tern populates Nickerson Beach on July 31, 2022 in Lido Beach, New York, United States. Long Island beaches along the Atlantic Ocean offer a welcome habitant for a vast array of shore birds during the summer months. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

• General Views of New York

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  LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK - JULY 31: An American Oystercatcher populates Nickerson Beach on July 31, 2022 in Lido Beach, New York, United States. Long Island beaches along the Atlantic Ocean offer a welcome habitant for a vast array of shore birds during the summer months. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
• Wildlife on Long Island

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  CENTERPORT, NY - AUGUST 02: A snowy white egret populates Mill Pond on August 2, 2018 in Centerport, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

• General Scenes in New York

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