In case you missed it last night, Venus, Jupiter and a crescent Moon will appear to be bunched together in the night sky tonight after dusk.
Look to the southwest an hour after sunset.
John Sloan of NJMC's McDowell Observatory at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst says that Venus and Jupiter should also be visible on Wednesday night when the observatory opens to the public at 7 p.m. — but that they will be getting low in the sky.
More on this astronomical event here.
Can you identify this bird? Clue: It's a female juvenile, and it's feeling a little bluer than it looks …
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Welcome to the Meadowlands in December, a month that promises to be filled with raptors and waterfowl.
The male Northern Harrier pictured above was hunting a North Arlington landfill last week. We also saw a Peregrine, two Kestrels, two female Northern Harriers and five Redtails not far away within a one-hour span that day.
