This Cooper's Hawk was perched near the visitors' parking lot at DeKorte Park's Environment Center yesterday. Judging by size, we think it is a female. She is a frequent visitor.

DeKorte Park, with its square mile of land and tidal impoundments, is open to everyone, including dogs on leashes, from 8 a.m. to dusk daily, but nearby former landfills are off-limits to the public, for all sorts of reasons, from public safety to on-going remediation work.

If you see anyone, incliding ATVs, trespassing:

* on the open property on either side of Valley Brook Avenue (including the old ballfields)

* on the Kingsland Landfill (along Disposal Road on the other side of the road from DeKorte Park and the Carillon)

Don't hesitate to call the remediation site's security office at 201-896-8100. 

Similarly, if you see anyone trespassing on the Erie Landfill or Harrier Meadow (along Disposal Road on the same  side of the road from DeKorte Park and the Carillon), please contact the NJMC's Angelo Urato at 201-638-7064.