Ron Shields caught an amazing sequence of a young Peregrine with prey at the Kearny Marsh. Will post the entire sequence Monday.

If you are squeamish, don't worry — you will have to click a button to see the photos.

Ron Shields reports:

"I spent early Wednesday evening with another photographer on Disposal Road. 

"In less than one hour, we had an adult Bald Eagle, two Ospreys, numerous Northern Harriers, possibly a Cooper's Hawk, three Peregrines and several Kestrels.  The only thing missing was the kitchen sink." (Thanks, Ron!)

Ramon Gomez just called in from Losen Slote Park in Little Ferry to report he is seeing Pine Siskins, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Purple Finches, Yellow-rumps and other warblers, and a pair of Wood Ducks.

He says the most activity is in the field after you leave the woods from the main entrance in Little Ferry.

Directions in left-hand column of this blog.

(Thanks, Ramon!)

Our latest "Focus on the Meadowlands" post for the wildnewjersey.tv blog features landscape images by nature photographer Marco van Brabant, from the NJMC's new book, "The Nature of the Meadowlnads." 

The link is here.

Chris Takacs passed along these two photos from the NJMC's banding project.

Can you ID them? Could they be … vireos?

Answers follow. (Thanks, Chris, and the great banding team!)

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Ron Shields writes: "Included some images from a [late September] trip into the Kearny Marsh.

"I still found several flocks of Pectoral Sandpipers along with numerous Great Blue Herons and several Green Herons. 

"The highlight of the trip was a flyover American Bittern which I was unable to photograph. (Darn you, Ron!)

"A lone Osprey hunted the eastern edge of the marsh parallel to the turnpike while Wood Ducks and Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal rested and fed in quiet water.  Great Egrets were extremely approachable." (Thanks, Ron!)

More pix follow.

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Pine Siskins are being seen in good numbers all over the state these days.

 Chris Takacs passed along this Pine Siskin photo and writes: "Just wanted to add The Meadowlands Siskins into the conversation.

"60+ Pine Siskins were seen Saturday on Disposal Road in the wild sunflower. 2  Dozen were seen in Harrier Meadow Monday. Tuesday 200+ were seen in various-sized flocks on the Erie landfill and in Harrier Meadow." (Thanks, Chris!)

Our next free guided walk is next Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Losen Slote Park in Little Ferry.

This park is particularly beautiful in fall, and you never know what migrating birds we might see. Wear boots if you got 'em — the trails can sometimes be muddy.

An early post about the park is here.

A list of birds we saw on our walk last Ocober in Losen Slote is here.

Full listing follows.

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This bird was banded by our crack NJMC team last month by the former Erie Landfill.

Other views follow. What is it?

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Mark Renna of Evergreen Environmental writes: "NJ Audubon was out monitoring our site in Carlstadt recently for their heron study. I climbed the tank and took some pictures from a unique vantage point in the early stages of a marsh restoration project."

Thanks, Mark! A couple of NJMC staffers were at the site around that time and saw 10 Ospreys, five Great Blue Herons and a nice assortment of egrets — a great location for birds migrating down the flyway.