We had a great Mother's Day Walk in Ridgefield, with walks at the Ridgefield Nature Center and Skeetkill Creek Marsh and stops to see the nesting Monk Parakeets (above) and the nesting Bald Eagles.

In all four dozen of us participated in the event, including a budding birder or two (right).

Highlights included five warbler species and those majestic Bald Eagles.

The next event brought to you by the N.JU> Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society is River Barge Park Day this Saturday in Carlstadt. Check this blog for the latest info.

Full list and pic of a Red-belled Woodpecker from the Ridgefield Nature Center follow.

Ridgefield, Bergen, US-NJ
May 13, 2012 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     This is the fourth annual Mother's Day nature event at Ridgefield Nature Center, Monk Parakeet Colony, Skeetkill Creek Marsh and Overpeck Creek shoreline.
25 species

Canada Goose  X
Mallard  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Snowy Egret  X
Turkey Vulture  X
Bald Eagle  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  X
Northern Flicker  X
Red-eyed Vireo  X
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
Black-and-white Warbler  X
Common Yellowthroat  X
American Redstart  X
Yellow Warbler  X
Black-throated Green Warbler  X
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Baltimore Oriole  X
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X