Photo by Bill Stripling

The Meadowlands Commission is hosting a special free screening of the documentary "Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air," brought to you by the Bergen County Audubon Society, this Thursday (May 30) at 7 p.m. in the Meadowlands Environment Center auditorium.

The screening will also include information on how to get involved in Audubon’s new citizen science program, Hummingbirds At Home. 

The Hummingbirds at Home website and smart phone app make it easy and fun for people to keep track of the hummingbirds they see, while collecting data that will help Audubon scientists and researchers increase their understanding of these remarkable birds and of how to protect them.   

In the meantime, this blog would love to post a photo of a hummingbird taken in the Meadowlands if anyone has a good one….

More information on Thursday night's documentary follows.

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Ron Shields writes:

Here are  some images of several Blue Grosbeaks found along Disposal Road on Saturday despite the rain.

I'm not sure if the image on the left  is of a female or a juvenile male.

I also captured a male Indigo Bunting that was banded as well. 

Check out his right leg.

More pix, including the banded bunting, follow. (Thanks, Ron!)

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We are seeing all sorts of waterfowl with young these days. Liberty Valance took this photo at Mill Creek. A mom with nine youngsters. Gadwalls, judging by that white patch on the mom? (Thanks, Liberty!)