Next Tuesday (Nov. 20) is your latest chance to join the Bergen County Audubon Society on a guided walk of DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. Keep your eyes peeled for many fall migrants!
For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
White-throated Sparrow
No joke here, but we do have these excellent photos taken at DeKorte by Dave McClure yesterday. Thanks Dave!
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Check out these awesome photos Dennis Cheeseman took yesterday at Mill Creek Marsh to start your day off right!
Blackpoll Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Green-winged Teal
Northern Cardinal
Northern Harrier
Blackpoll Warbler
As promised, here are some more fantastic photos taken by Joe Koscielny at this past Sunday’s Bergen County Audubon Society walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus.
The next BCAS Meadowlands walk is Tuesday, Nov. 20, at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. The walk runs from 10 am to noon. For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
European Starlings
Northern Mockingbird
White-throated Sparrows
One of the first things I learned about restoring native butterfly habitat is that birds don’t read signs very well. Despite all the plaques proclaiming a garden to be for butterflies, Monarch way stations or even a pollinator garden our birds know a good thing when they see one. They utilize our native gardens just as much as our butterflies do whether they are in places like DeKorte Park or our very own backyard.
At a time of year when we think we are putting our butterfly gardens to bed and focusing our attentions elsewhere migratory birds are taking over our gardens occupied only a few weeks ago by Swallowtails, skippers and Monarchs.
The nectar in our butterfly gardens for the most is long gone now. Our butterflies now prepare their life cycle for the far off coming Spring. Now the fall browns, reds and golds substitute the brilliant colors of the summer. But make no mistake: those hues of the fall butterfly garden signal survival to many migratory birds that will now depend on them through the coming hard winter.
Check out these photos that Dennis Cheeseman took a little earlier today of a Bald Eagle flying high over DeKorte Park!
Thanks to Joe Koscielny for these great photos from Sunday’s BCAS walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus, and to the more than 30 people who came out to enjoy the Meadowlands’ natural surroundings! We’ll have more from Joe later today.
Green-winged Teals
Ring-billed Gulls
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
A big thank you to the Bergen County Audubon Society which conducted a cleanup and trail maintenance of Losen Slote Creek Park in Little Ferry yesterday (Nov. 1) with Meadowlands Conservation Trust consultant Don Smith.
Losen Slote Creek Park is an important natural area that includes one of the last remaining lowland forests in the region.
This Sunday (Nov. 4) the Bergen County Audubon Society will lead a nature walk looking for fall migrants, ducks and more at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus, a great place for birding! The walk goes from 10 am to noon. For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Please note: The Mehrhof Pond Wildlife Observation Area is currently closed due to damage from the recent nor’easter. We will provide an update once the repairs have been completed.