Catbirds, so often seen in the Meadowlands, are quite resourceful when it comes to protecting their nests from their main nemesis, the Brown-headed Cowbird, and other parasites. How does this medium-sized songbird thwart would-be schemers? Click here for the answer.
In today’s installment of this week’s Meadowlands Visits series, we’ve got a groundhog and muskrat taking center stage. Thanks to Mickey Raine for supplying the photos from Mill Creek Marsh and Mill Creek Point Park. We’ll finish the weeklong series tomorrow with more muskrats!
For all of us who have grown up or have lived anywhere in New Jersey for any length of time, we all know far too well how much natural surroundings we have lost over the years.
Today our preserved natural areas have become a quiltwork of fragmented fields and forests that have become surrounded by suburban overdevelopment and landscaped with foreign plant species. This has stressed our birds, butterflies and pollinator population to their limits, with little left with for their battle for survival.
Marsh Wrens are a noisy bunch. Stephanie Zussman caught this guy chattering away this past Sunday at DeKorte Park. Thanks Stephanie!
Join the NJSEA and Bergen County Audubon Society for our most highly-anticipated family event of the summer! Spread the word and stay tuned for full details on a great day of butterfly walks and talks led by the BCAS, a Butterfly Costume Contest and Scavenger Hunt for kids, and more!
Wild Blue Flax
In today’s installment of this week’s Meadowlands Visits series, we spotlight an array of colorful flora and fauna taken recently by Mickey Raine at Mill Creek Marsh and Mill Creek Point Park. Enjoy!
Wild Blue Flax
Yellow Flag Iris
Killdeer
Baltimore Oriole
Marsh Wren
Marsh Wren
Blackpoll Warbler
Thanks to Dennis Cheeseman for sending these great photos that he took during a lunchtime stroll around DeKorte!
Blackpoll Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Female American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Here’s today’s Installment of our weeklong series, Meadowlands Visits, chronicling a series of recent excursions to the Meadowlands by Mickey Raine. Tune back in tomorrow for more!
Each day this week we’ll be posting photos from Mickey Raine spotlighting a variety of wildlife during his recent visits to the Meadowlands. Today we’ve got Forster’s Terns and Great Egrets from DeKorte Park. Check back tomorrow for more egrets and gulls from Mill Creek Marsh. Thanks Mickey!
Check out an exhibit on “Rare Wildlife Revealed” at the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum In July. The show, which runs through July 30, features paintings by James Fiorentino and is presented in concert with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation. There’s a video on the exhibit here
For more info visit the museum website