Kevin Watson took this American Pipit shot at Mill Creek Marsh last Saturday. (Thanks, Kevin!)
More on American Pipits here (but try to find the pipit in the photo on that page).
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Bird Report 010710
Chris Takacs saw this Common Yellowthroat yesterday morning along Valleybrook Avenue in Lyndhurst, by the old ballfields, while doing an informal bird count at DeKorte and environs. Other highlights included a Bald Eagle and 2 Black-crowned Night Herons. (Thanks, Chris!)
Click "Continue reading .." immediately below to see Chris' full report.
Sunset, Canvasbacks, DeKorte, 4:45 p.m.
Common Moorhens
Ron Shields kicked off the new year at the Kearny Marsh with these Common Moorhen shots. (Thanks, Ron!)
More on Common Moorhens here.
We welcome photographers to share their Meadowlands images with us. Just e-mail them to Jim Wright here.
Tomorrow: A Pipit by Kevin Watson.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Plus
Chris Takacs pointed out this Ruby-crowned Kinglet (and another one, plus many Fox Sparrows) this morning at DeKorte. (Thanks, Chris!)
Also seen (or heard) of late: 
The Northern Shrike was seen in its usual haunts along Disposal Road at 2:15 p.m. yesterday.
A Ring-necked Pheasant was seen by Disposal Road just beyond the DeKorte Park entrance on Sunday and heard again on Monday.
Near the Duck congregation in DeKorte, by the Lyndhurst Nature Reserve tidal inlet: A Killdeer. Also there this a.m.: Pintails, Green-winged Teal.
Duckville!
One of the best places to get great looks at many species of ducks is by the Lyndhurst Nature Preserve in DeKorte. With most of the tidal impoundments frozen over, the ducks are hanging out in great numbers in relatively small spaces — like this raft of Canvasbacks late Monday afternoon.
In the past two days we have also seen Gadwall, Black Duck, Shoveler, Common Merg, Hooded Merg, Pintail, (2) Green-winged Teal and Mallard. (Might have had a Ruddy, too, but …).
That's 9 species (and often as many as four species at a time), not far from the visitors' parking spaces near the Administration Building (second building on your left).
Click "Continue reading…" for some more recent shots from the same area.
Tuesday Teaser 010510
The past few months, we've seen these guys mostly from the distance. Because of duck-hunting season, they are extremely skittish.
We got this shot and a few others when a pack of gulls drove them off one of the impoundments at Harrier Meadow last month.
Who are they?
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Click "Continue reading …" for the answer.
First Great Blue of the Year
On Disposal Road — where else? About 3:45 p.m. (But no shrike.)
Yesterday’s Walk
Twelve of us were at DeKorte for the First Sunday of the Month bird walk. We had a lot of great looks at neat birds, 
including several Northern Harriers, Common Mergs, Hoodies, Gadwall and Canvasbacks (but no Pintails).
We had the best views of the harriers (left and above) and the Common Mergs from inside the Visitor Center at the Meadowlands Environment Center. (Is that cheating?)
Walk leader and early birder Don Torino also had Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon by arriving early.
We also looked for the shrike (unsuccessfully) on Disposal Road but we saw many American Coots by the Kearny Marsh (birders are pictured
at left).
Thanks to all who participated!
Bird Report 010410
Chris Takacs reports: "Anyone looking for the Northern Shrike in the Meadowlands may be out of luck today. I just saw the Shrike in my yard! I live walking distance from the bird's latest haunt."
"It flew off to the North towards the Schuyler Diner on Schuyler Ave. about 7:55. It's probably not in the DeKorte area early today. I'd have to assume it flew in after Goldfinches which have been coming to the sock feeders the last few days. Didn't have the camera ready so I missed a shot. This will be the best yard bird of the year I guess…." (Thanks, Chris!)
(We'll take a look for it on our lunch hour.)