Ron Shields photographed a heap of birds last weekend on Disposal Road, including a Gray Ghost (male Northern Harrier) and a Bald Eagle.
Eagle is on the jump. (Thanks, Ron!)
P.S.: Gray Ghost was back on Disposal Road yesterday afternoon.
Our latest column for wildnewjersey.tv features the answer for this week's Tuesday Teaser, a photo of a Long-eared Owl from back in january, and a Red-tail kiting on Disposal Road (where else?) last week.
The link is here.
Ray Duffy reports that he saw American Woodcocks displaying last night in Laurel Hill County Park in Secaucus around 6:15, and because of the full moon, he got some good looks as they did their courtship display.
The woodcocks should be appearing nightly for most of the month.
Tonight's full moon is called the Worm Moon, and since worms are the woodcocks' favorite meal, it could be prime time.
Thanks, Ray!
(We'd would love to post anybody's pix from the Meadowlands of these amazing birds).
There's a full moon tonight, and it rises at 6:41 p.m., less than an hour after sunset.