An Amazing URBAN wildlife refuge in PHILADELPHIA!! John Hienz Wildlife Refuge

[@judyfinnegan6225]

GREAT job on this video! Thanks Frank! A very AMAZING place! GOD bless take care. Be safe 👍🙂

[@natureatyourdoor]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@OreoTime1]

Beautiful and very informative video. Full watched and L. Thanks for the share Frank. Stay well. Cheers!

[@natureatyourdoor]

Many thanks!😊👍

[@OreoTime1]

@@natureatyourdoor, welcome!

[@gerardjohnson2106]

Thank you for another great exploration video.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@ginafriend1690]

Nice, and thanks for sharing, Frank! 😊

[@natureatyourdoor]

You are welcome...i have a series coming up next from my 5 weeks exploring and climbing in Switzerland! I hope you will enjoy them!

[@brianquilty687]

What a great refuse Mr. Taylor. Thanks for sharing.

[@natureatyourdoor]

You are very welcome

[@CharlieB.-]

Thank goodness they took the time and money to help protect this place starting in the 1950s. I hope this will be here for many future generations. Great video

[@natureatyourdoor]

I hope so too! Thanks for taking time to comment!

[@wandataylor6266]

It’s always nice to see protected habitats❤️

[@natureatyourdoor]

Yes! Especially in the city!

[@justinblankenship8400]

Wow, nice find Mr. T! I've been to Philadelphia once, but missed this refuge AND the stromboli. I even missed out on getting a genuine Philly cheesesteak, haha. I did at least get to visit some historical landmarks, though. I'm not into the city lifestyle, so this has to be a diamond in the rough. I'll check this place out next time I'm up there.

[@natureatyourdoor]

It really is a diamond in the rough. Fascinating to see this wildlife richness in the city!

[@michellebailey6511]

That refuge is beautiful! I would love to see you make your way up to Maine and do some episodes on Maine's biodiversity and wildlife. The Maine sectios of the appalacian trail are some of the most beautiful, I think (although, I'm very biased!). Great episode!

[@natureatyourdoor]

I do need to spend more time in Maine! (I just finished hiking all of Virginia's Appalachian trail (540 miles) . I have been watching Northwoods law..ha! And getting glimpses of the trail that way! Maybe I can come up this summer!

[@Wondering_About_Nature]

I love John Heinz NWR. If you're ever over in Coastal Delaware, let me know and I'll show you around Prime Hook NWR. I'm a volunteer there. So glad you were able to take the time to visit John Heinz refuge after not being there for awhile. Great overview of this gem so close to the airport.

[@natureatyourdoor]

I would love to do that! After visting my daughter in New York State we often stop in Cape May and take the ferry across! It would be great to meet you...and shoot an episode together!

[@natureatyourdoor]

Cape Henlopen looks like a cool place to visit as well!

[@Wondering_About_Nature]

@@natureatyourdoor that would be fun!

[@Wondering_About_Nature]

@@natureatyourdoor it is, and right down the street from the ferry terminal.

[@TFerrazzo72]

A good herping buddy of mine finds a lot of cool stuff in that refuge! Very cool spot.

[@natureatyourdoor]

I am sure! Fascinating isn't it!

[@jameslomenzo1139]

That would be a good place for a purple martin colony.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Yes James, it would!!! 👍

[@kdtrimble]

I love this place. Did you feel safe this late in the day?

[@natureatyourdoor]

Good question. I did feel safe but ...now that you mention it...? Hmm.

[@miask]

I haven’t been to JHNR in years! I used to go when it was Tinicum with my dad. It is an amazing place. There is a small place in NJ called Palmyra Cove. It’s wonderful that we save these spaces, rather than develop them as we have so many spaces. By chance, are you from the Delaware Valley? I detect a bit of an accent sometimes😊

[@natureatyourdoor]

Lol! I grew up in Summit New Jersey! My backyard was a gate way into the Watchung reservation where I spent all my time and discovered red back salamanders. Adding to the confusion...my dad was from New zealand...mom from Switzerland..I am first Gen American!

[@streamlinetreecare182]

In 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that 104 million acres remain of the 220 million acres of salt marshes that existed in this country circa 1600. How much more have we lost in the last two decades? Most people don’t know that salt marshes rival tropical rainforests in producing the most basic food energy per acre. Only through awareness and political action will we prevent the complete demise of this vital and irreplaceable ecosystem.

[@natureatyourdoor]

Yes! Thank you for sharing!

[@carmennunnally5776]

That is so nice bc we are killing anything that is wild life

[@natureatyourdoor]

Amazing to see this wildlife richness in the city!