COMMERICAL TWP. — The majestic bald eagle is the star of an annual South Jersey festival, a report says.
The 2017 Cumberland County Eagle Festival is being held Saturday along the Delaware Bayshore, the home to the largest concentration of bald eagles in New Jersey.
New Jersey had only one pair of bald eagles through the 1970’s and 1980’s, but now there are 172 nests — 150 of them with eggs — Kathy Clark, a biologist with the Endangered Species program of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, told CBS3.com.
The main base for the festival is the Mauricetown Fire Hall on Nobel street in the historic village.
Facts about the bald eagle
Running until 4 p.m., the event features many displays, lectures and vendors. And of course, there are hike in the critical bald eagle habitats in the area. There, along with eagles, visitors will be able to see other wildlife in a natural setting.
Area historic sites will also be open.
Clark is enthused about the bald eagle’s comeback in New Jersey.
“I think that’s a real tribute that we still have some really great wildlife habitat in New Jersey and the kinda of habitats that eagles love, which is the open waters full of fish and water fowl,” she told CBS3.
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