ABOUT THE PARK:
Glades Wildlife Refuge - Natural Lands Trust
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates for Bald Eagle Trail - 39.26134, -75.12585
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| No parking lot but parking appears to be off to the side of the road. |
TRAIL MAP:
Glades Wildlife Refuge Trail Map - Natural Lands Trust
HIKE DISTANCES:
All hikes combined with short drives from one to the other - 8.4 miles
Bald Eagle Trail - 1.6 miles
Maple Street Trail - 4 miles
Warfle Farm Trail .7 miles
Tat Star Tail - 2.1 miles
THE HIKE:
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| Heading out on the Bald Eagle trail on a frosty and foggy morning. |
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| Trails are mowed and easy to follow. |
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| Tons of birds everywhere. |
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| The pond that the trail loops around. |
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| Back at Turkey Point Road. |
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| I drove the short distance from the Bald Eagle Trail to Turkey Point where the road ends. |
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| Shawnee waited patiently in the car (you can see her ears on the back seat) while I climbed the observation tower. (Those two beer bottles on the left are now in my recycling bin.) |
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| As soon as I looked around from up high, there was a Great Blue Heron nearby on the top of a tree. |
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| Bridge over Weir Creek. |
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| Shawnee came along on the bridge. |
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| Weir Creek |
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| From the other side of the bridge you can access Egg Island WMA and it looked like there was a path but also a ton of garbage so I decided it was not worth getting Shawnee down the steps to explore that side. |
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| The egret still sitting there totally unconcerned about us. |
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| There was a path this side of the bridge so we went a short distance along that - a very short distance before I decided... |
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| ... that was a very bad idea. |
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| Driving back on Turkey Point Road, a seagull was sitting on the bridge and never moved when I pulled right up along side of him to take his picture. I could have reached out the window and touched him. |
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| But this was his reaction when I spoke to him. Sorry! |
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| Although I saw no bald eagles on the Bald Eagle Trail, before heading home I drove by a PSE&G restoration site nearby that has a trail and boardwalks over the marshes to see if it might be worth another trip back at a later time and there I saw a bald eagle at the end of the boardwalk from the parking lot. |
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| The sun was at a horrible angle and he was pretty far away so even the 35x zoom did not do a very good job. |
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| And here he is taking off. |
Really nice- looks like some decent trails- amazing- we almost may have run into each other- we planned on doing a kayak trail there this weekend- but i had to cancel :(. They say no dogs in the water- but I was hoping one in a kayak maybe OK. We did one of the other preserves a couple of weeks ago- Crows Nest in Elverson Pa.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame that you had to cancel because you would have had the water all to yourself. I saw nobody in the water anywhere and it was such a gorgeous day. I want to get to Crows Nest one of these days. It's rare than I have free weekends when I can be gone all day and travel any distance.
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Rare for me too :(. Now that I see your pictures and the weather for this week- I am definitely going to try to get down there!! December kayaking- what a treat that will be ��
DeleteThat will be AWESOME! Hope you can make it. Let me know if you post pics on FB so I don't miss it.
Deletevery nice photos especially of that egret! Shawnee looks great which I am always happy to see. Thanks for sharing! Joanne
ReplyDeleteHaven't stopped by for a while. The second pic in the series was an empty road ahead of you. The third pic and then, "There she is :)" Glad you two are well. Beautiful spot that area.
ReplyDeleteYes, we are still plugging along together! Hopefully for a while longer yet although I fully realize each hike with her is a bonus at this point.
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