Don't miss our next guided walk — at Laurel Hill in Secaucus at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2. We'll look for Ospreys and other raptors, waterfowl, shorebirds and whatever else turns up. The walk is brought to you by the N.J. Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society.

A visit earlier in the week brought lots of herons and egrets and cormorants along the Hackensack River.

For a list of the 28 species of birds we saw on Oct. 3, 2010, at Laurel Hill, click here.

Full info follows.

Sunday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.
First-Sunday-of-the-Month Nature Walk with the NJMC and BCAS
During  free two-hour guided nature walk at Laurel County Park in Secaucus,  We’ll keep an eye out for migrating raptors, shorebirds and other birds of interest. We meet in the park’s main parking lot at 10 a.m. – or you can also meet us at the visitors’ parking lot at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst by 9:40 a.m. and we can carpool. The walk is run by the N.J. Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society. Check meadowblog.net for last-minute weather updates. You will have to sign a standard liability release for 2011 if you haven't already. To rsvp, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol.com or 201-230-4983.