NJMC Naturalist Brett Bragin took this shot and told us to save it for a rainy day. We couldn't wait. As a friend of the blog  pointed out about the earlier photo, there is a faint second rainbow to the right. (Thanks, Brett!)

Did a walk around part of Mill Creek Marsh this a.m. for about an hour this morning at low tide.

Highlight was a distant Bald Eagle and a bunch of Green-winged Teal — most of them feeding on a mudflat.

Yellow-rumps  and Ruby-crowned Kinglets still abound.

Full list follows.

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On Thanksgiving (Thursday, Nov. 25), all facilities will be closed but the park itself and trails will be open.

The William D. McDowell Observatory in DeKorte Park begins a new schedule of programming on Monday night with free public access at 8 and 10 p.m. — weather permitting, of course.

Dress for the weather; with the dome open, you are basically outside.

Each evening at least two major objects in the night sky will be viewed, plus one or two other celestial objects or events depending on the observing conditions.

Next Monday, for example, three planets — Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — should be in view.

For the complete November schedule and more information about free public viewing nights, click here.

For a recent column by the NJMC's Jim Wright about the observatory, click here.