Kearny has a new butterfly garden in Riverbank Park, and Karen Zautyk of The observer wrote about it recently. The link is here.

Kathy Clark of the state's Endangered and Non-game Species Program writes:

"Keep in mind that with kestrels recently listed as threatened, we're interested in documented reports of them during nesting and non-nesting seasons. 

"Documented nest sites and recent fledglings are of particular importance, of course."

"We encourage you to use our Sighting Report Form found on our website: http://njfishandwildlife.com/ensp/rprtform.htm."

Mike Girone took the above shot last weekend. (Thanks, Mike!)