Atlantic City Aquarium
Atlantic City Aquarium at Gardner’s Basin displays fish, reptiles and amphibians. Admission: $8 adults, $5 children. Call 609-348-2880.
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May Point State Park has nature trails, museum and free programs. Call 609-884-2159.
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Cape May Bird Observatory
NJ Audubon’s CMBO has the Research & Education Center, 600 Route 47, Middle Township, and the Northwood Center on Lily Lake in Cape May Point. Call 609-861-0700.
Weekly birding (and other) trips Thursday, May 3, to Wednesday, May 9 — Cost $10; show and go. Thursday: Belleplain State Forest at 7:30 a.m.; meet at forest office, Route 550, west of Woodbine. Nature walk at Cox Hall Creek WMA 9 a.m.; meet at west end of Shawmount Avenue in Villas. Heislerville WMA with author Pete Dunne at 1 p.m.; meet at end of Matt’s Landing Road. Friday: Higbee Beach WMA at 7:30 a.m.; meet at lot, west end of New England Road. Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge at 3 p.m.; meet at lot, Sunset Boulevard. Saturday: Rea Farm (The Beanery) in West Cape May at 7:30 a.m.; at parking lot. Belleplain State Forest at 7:30 a.m.; meet at forest office. Casual birding at Cape May Point at 3 p.m.; at Hawkwatch Platform. Sunday: Cox Hall Creek WMA at 7:30 a.m.; at parking area. Belleplain State Forest at 10:30 a.m.; at forest office. Monday: Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge with Pete Dunne at 7:30 a.m.; meet at lot. Heislerville WMA with Dunne at 3 p.m.; Matt’s Landing Road. Tuesday: Belleplain State Forest at 7:30 a.m.; at forest office. Photo walk at Cape May Point State Park at 8 a.m.; at platform. Easy birding at Cape May Point State Park at 9 a.m.; at platform. Wednesday: Cumberland County at 7:30 a.m.; meet at Maurice River Bridge, Route 670. Cape May Point at 7:30 a.m.; at platform. Nummy Island at 4:30 p.m.; meet just south of free bridge from Stone Harbor.
Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Guided birding and nature walks 8 to 10 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, starting at visitor center, off Route 9, Oceanville in Galloway Township.
Guided jitney tour of wildlife drive Saturday afternoons in May; must preregister.
Free nature walk and campfire sing-a-long at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, at Children’s Discovery Area behind visitor center.
Call 609-652-1665, ext. 21.
Marine mammal center
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, 3625 Atlantic-Brigantine Blvd., Brigantine, offers group tours for a fee. Museum and gift shop open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 609-266-0538.
Nature Center of Cape May
N.J. Audubon’s Nature Center of Cape May, 1600 Delaware Ave., has exhibits and observation tower; admission is free. Call 609-898-8848.
Nature programs for toddlers 2 to 4 years and parents/grandparents 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Fridays; preregister; $8.
Harbor shore field trip with seine net 11 a.m. Saturdays; adults $10, children $5.
Guided tour of Pine Barrens pygmy forest 9 a.m. Sunday, May 6, starting in Warren Grove, Ocean County; $15.
Lectures series, with refreshments, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays; $5.
Nature Conservancy
The Conservancy’s Bayshores Center, 2350 Route 47, Delmont, has nature trails. Call 609-861-0600.
Wetlands Institute
Wetlands Institute, 1075 Stone Harbor Blvd., Stone Harbor, has displays and gift shop. Admission (temporarily) $4 adults, $3 ages 3 to 12, includes activities. Call 609-368-1211.
Salt-marsh safaris at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays.
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