Ryker Lake
This 4-mile out-and-back hike skirts the west bank of Ryker Lake, then proceeds along the NJ Audubon Society's Doug Williamson Memorial trail and Edison Bog trail.
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Marsh hawk blaze of the NJ Audubon Society


First view of Ryker Lake from south

Filled with lily pads



Ferns on the trail

Lilies and pads

View across Ryker Lake

 

Cormorant?


A beautiful old-growth ... the tree!

Dragonfly
 


Glacial errata on Edison Bog trail

Shy deer

Very swampy

Roots of gigantic overturned tree
 


Another angle

Cat tails in swamp

Near Edison bog

Rock records water marks
 


Signs of beaver activity

Lovely root structure


Fishing on Ryker Lake
 


Coromorant fishing



Lily and pads
 

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