Joe McKay, the son of a Secaucus pig farmer, is a folk singer inspired by his childhood — he lived down the road from Henry Krajewski, a pig farmer and tavern owner who ran for president in the 1950s.

Joe’s songs are a window on the Meadowlands of yore, before the environmental recovery began.

Joe will be performing tonight at 7 p.m. DeKorte Park in the Meadowlands Environment Center’s Marshview Pavilion.

The event is part of the MEC’s Summer Senior Program, and it’s free and open to anyone age 55 and up.

To register, call 201-777-2431 or 201-460-8300.

The photo, courtesy of Joe McKay, is of some his father’s many pigs.

Roy Woodford reports:

"Finally found the first year mail Orchard Oriole (I think) that everybody has been yammering about.  He was singing up a storm on the Kingsland Overlook Trail … took 45 minutes to track him down and get a few shots."

(Thanks, Roy!)  And yes, "Oh Oh" is short for Orchard Oriole.

Our latest "Focus on the Meadowlands" photos for wildnewjersey.tv feature this pair of Black Skimmers (now seen regularly toward dusk in DeKorte's Shorebird Pool), DeKorte's Daylilies, and the new One World Trade Center skyscraper as seen from the Meadowlands.