Monthly Archives: April 2015

Birding for Beginners with Bergen County Audubon

redwingedSunday April 12, 1 to 3 p.m. Free!

Birding for Beginners: Bird Identification
All ages, Meadowlands Environment Center

This free two-hour Birding for Beginners class starts with a short session on basic bird identification at the Meadowlands Environment Center in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, followed by a nature walk in the park.  The event is run by the Bergen County Audubon Society and hosted by the NJ Meadowlands Commission. You will have to sign a standard liability release that is good for NJMC/BCAS events throughout the year. To register, contact Marie Longo at 551-580-2372 or longo.mariee@ymail.com

or register here please.

Drowning Out the Sounds of Nature

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Silence Map of the U.S. shows where we’re drowning out the sounds of nature.
“Noise pollution is just as real as other forms of pollutions, and we run the risk of losing something very precious if we’re not careful: Quiet, restorative silence, as well as the subtle sounds of nature that we’ve evolved to like.” Click here to read more.

Nature was not drowned out in my driveway on 3/14…check out this (admittedly shaky) video. I once read that grackles like these were the inspiration for Hitchcock’s The Birds.

Mill Creek Marsh Open Until April 13th

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI’ve had a couple of inquiries this week so here’s the skinny. The contractor will not be starting work before April 13th, so the trail is open at least until then. I’ll keep you posted when we know the exact date construction will start. Once it starts, the trail will be closed until the work is done – hopefully open for Labor Day.

April is World Landscape Architecture Month

LA Month“Landscape architects are the people responsible for designing the parks, plazas, bike trails and other green spaces that make the outdoors fun, healthy, and sustainable.

If you had to pick a favorite designed green space to photograph, which would you pick? That’s the question asked by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) as it launches World Landscape Architecture Month in April.”  Read more here.