Our next free guided walk is next Tuesday at 10 
a.m. at DeKorte Park.
We'll cover the recently reopened loop along the Marsh Discovery Trail and Transco Trail, and look for butterflies and buds as well as birds.
Should be fun. We hope you can make it!
Details follow.
Believe it or not, there's an adult bald eagle perched on the tallest tree on the landfill just to the left of the setting sun above [photographed on Saturday].
The eagle briefly hunted the impoundments and then flew to this lofty perch and was still there as night fell.
In addition, the last two days yielded up to ten Black Skimmers mostly found gathered on the mudflats to the east of the Saw
Mill Creek Trail near the turnpike.
The Peregrine Falcon continues to make its nightly appearance in the first set of towers. (Thanks, Ron!)
What is the name of the monocle-like device that ace botanist Edith Wallace used on her guided plant walk this past Sunday at DeKorte Park?
What is it used for?
(We like to think of it as a really, really small spotting scope.)