We just saw the DirecTV blimp flying over lower Manhattan on its way to the Meadowlands.

What's going on? Is there a bird walk tonight that we don't know about? :- )

Just getting caught up on a vacation's worth of e-mails. Sorry for not being more timely…

Patrick Carney writes:

"I saw a Black-and-White Warbler at DeKorte [Saturday]. He was near the entrance to what I believe is the Teal Pool, pulling bugs out from under the bark of the Paper Birches."  (Thanks, Patrick!)

Here's your chance to attend a free screening of the acclaimed new documentary film, "The Lost Bird Project,"about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain’s project to memorialize them.

The event is on Thursday, Sept. 13,  from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Meadowlands Environment Center in DeKorte Park, Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

The Meadowlands Commission, Bergen County Audubon Society, Ramapo College and the New Jersey chapter of The Nature Conservancy are proud to sponsor this special screening, along with a question-and-answer session afterward.

More information follows.

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