Great Bay Boulevard in Tuckerton is a location that members of the Southern Ocean Birding Group visit frequently to view shorebirds and waterfowl during the year. The Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area is a 4-mile-long peninsula separating Little Egg Harbor and Great Bay by the mouth of the Mullica River. It contains 5,346 acres of wetlands and salt marshes and is managed by the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife.

The birding group will spearhead its annual Earth Day Cleanup effort of the area, this year taking place on Saturday,…