Stare at the two-story-tall osprey painted on the Drifting Sands Hotel’s north wall.
What’s its name?
You decide, and maybe you’ll win a statewide contest with a prize that is a two-night stay in the motel in 2020.
The majestic mural on East Ninth Street in Ship Bottom was installed earlier this summer to recognize and raise awareness of the New Jersey Osprey Project, an ongoing osprey conservation effort led by Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.
To participate, New Jersey residents may submit one entry per person via the hotel’s Facebook page or directly through…
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