The year 2010 marked the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission's 41th anniversary and the continued expansion of our nature programs with Bergen County Audubon Society — including an Earth Day Celebration, a Kearny Marsh Cleanup, a Butterfly Day, a "Green Friday" nature walk, and a talk by Scott Weidensaul.

We thought we'd celebrate by looking back at 2010, month by month.    

Here are some highlights from this month:

December 2: All About Bird-Banding

December 6: North Bergen Peregrine

December 8: Raven, Disposal Road

December 10: Meadowlands Heath Hens (extinct)

December 13: Orange-crowned Warbler

December 21: Lunar Eclipse

Dec. 24: Christmas Bird Count (the Full List)