Don't forget: Next Tuesday we are having a special pontoon boat birding cruise, from 10 a.m. to noon on the Hackensack River and its marshes. It should be low tide, which means good birding.
Reserve a spot now by calling 201-460-4640.
Full info follows.
Don Torino's latest post on Wildnewjersey.tv is about his current case of shorebird insanity, and how he hopes to find a cure this Saturday.
Link to Don's not-to-be-missed column is here.
Link to the shorebird madness cure is here. (Above photo, of an American Avocet, is by Jeff Nicol, taken at DeKorte about this time last year. Thanks, Jeff!)
The weather held, and we had a nice turnout of 25 people and 35 species on our Third-Tuesday-of-the-Month walk at Harrier Meadow.
Highlights included Bald Eagle, Solitary Sandpiper, Green-winged Teal and a raptor trifecta — Peregrine, Redtail and Osprey — all in the same field of view over the 1-E Landfill.
We will post the full list tomorrow, and the mystery plant we saw will be next Tuesday's Teaser.
Jeff Nicol got some great shots at DeKorte Park's Shorebird Pool on Saturday, after the Meadowlands Commission had lowered the water levels. (Thanks, Jeff!)
Sunday's heavy rains — we got eight inches of rainfall — brought the water levels way high, but we are lowering them again.
The levels should be lower Wednesday morning, with some exposed mud again. It sometimes takes a couple of days or so to get the shorebirds back in good numbers.
We are doing all we can — and keeping our fingers crossed — for Saturday's free "Kevin Karlson Shorebird Day" event.
A highly unusual panoramic shot of peeps in the Shorebord Pool follows. (Tilt your head or your laptop to enjoy.)
The forecast calls for showers this morning, but no thundershowers, so today's 10 a.m. free guided walk of Harrier Meadow is still a go. Meet at Harrier at 10 a.m. or meet at DeKorte Park by 9:40 a.m. and carpool. Call Jim Wright on his cell — 201-469-7349 — if you have urgent last-minute questions.
Saw this guy by the Environment Center at DeKorte one day last month. What is it?