This great little marsh in Ridgefield appears to have survived last month's tough weather and looks ready to explode with wildlife.We saw few birds, but that is rapidly changing.

    Wednesday: Monk Parakeet Update

 
    Want to see the legendary Harrier Meadow but haven't been able to attend one of the Bergen Audubon/Meadowlands Commission Tuesday morning walks?
    Do we have a walk for you! By popular demand, we are having a Sunday Harrier Meadow walk this weekend.
    The aerial view of Harrier Meadow above (shouldn't all aerial views be above?) was taken late last summer by the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute.
   A blog post on that photography is here.  More on MERI is here.
   Details on the Sunday Harrier Meadow walk — and another Harrier Meadow walk on Tuesday, April 22 — are below.
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We have been seeing these guys all over of late — from DeKorte Park to Schmidt’s Woods in Secaucus to Losen Slote Park in Little Ferry.
What are they?

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