Delaware Bay Fact Sheet
The Delaware Bay is an important natural resource. It provides food and habitat for many kinds of migrating shore birds who use it to rest and eat. It also provides habitat for many endangered species, such as the Bald Eagle and Piping Plover.
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Shore birds feeding on Horseshoe Crabs Eggs
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Sanderlings feeding on Horseshoe Crabs Eggs
Oyster Catchers and Laughing Gulls
The Delaware Bay provides habitat for the Horse Shoe Crab. They spawn in large numbers, on the beaches of the Bay, in the early Spring, providing food for many resident and migratory species.
Horseshoe Crab
The Bay also supports a large Crabbing Industry
Crab traps and boats, Shell Pile, Maurice River
Blue Claw Crabs
The Bay also supports an Oyster industry.
Oysters on the Half Shell
The A. J. Meerwald, is a rebuilt example of a Delaware Bay Oyster Schooner.
A.J. Meerwald
There were many lighthouses that guided ships up the Bay. The East Point Light is located near the Mouth of the Maurice River. Click on image for larger version
East Point Light
View from light house tower.
There are many interesting beaches on the Delaware Bay. Kimble's Beach in Cape May County is part of the National Wildlife Refuge
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Tidal stream at low tide
Sun set over mud flats, low tide.
Looking north to Reeds Beach.
Tidal stream, low tide.
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Sand flats at low tide.