We had a great walk yesterday, with 38 species and plenty of folks enjoying the last cool day for a while (we dubbed the walk "The Last Day of Spring Walk").

Highlights included Black Skimmers, a Black-crowned Night Heron or two, and baby Barn Swallows.

A full assortment of pix from the walk is on the Meadowlands Nature Blog's Facebook page. We are planning to use Facebook more, so please "friend" us and pass the word.  Thank you.

The link to our Facebook page is here. Link the photo page from Tuesday's walk is  here.

Full list of birds from Tuesday's walk follows.

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Roy Woodford reports:

"I found that Least Bittern again … hanging around near the Turnpike.  He was gracious enough to sit still for about 3 seconds so I could get a shot."

A link to Roy's previous post on kayaking the Kearny Marsh (with pix) is here.