Wildcat Ridge - Four Birds, Hawkwatch, Beaver Pond - 9/30/12

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It had been over three years since we'd hiked Wildcat Ridge ("Four Birds Trail (south) – Wildcat Ridge"). We had planned to revisit last year and just didn't get to it.

So we chose that for our first hike getting back into the swing of things - I'd been sidelined with a sore foot issue for a few months (podiatrist: "bike, but not hike for now" me: "WHAT!?") and then we spent the end of September romping around Zion, Arches and Canyonlands in Utah.

Ready to hit the trails in Jersey again.

We started out on Four Birds with a stop at the Hibernia Mine, the state’s largest bat hibernaculum. Continuing on Four Birds, we stopped at the Hawkwatch, a popular viewpoint with a view of NYC and migrating hawks overhead....

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