Sunday was perfect weather for NJ MC’s twice-monthly nature walk with Bergen County Audubon Society.
We leisurely walked out to the Lyndhurst Nature Reserve, then around the Marsh Discovery Trail, with a soundtrack provided by phragmites rustling in the light September breeze.
The tide could have been lower for shorebird viewing, but what we missed i
n quantity we made up for in quality – including (for some of us) an immature Little Blue Heron, a Short-Billed Dowitcher and a Forster's Tern.
Also had a hard-to-identify shorebird (pictured here) swimming in the Shorebird Pool.
We also had great looks at a clear-winged moth and several butterfly species at the butterfly garden.
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