Daily Archives: May 31, 2013

Our Next Walk: Sunday, Mill Creek Point, Secaucus!

Bergen County Audubon Society and the Meadowlands Commission are hosting our first-ever guided walk along the Secaucus High School Boardwalk this Sunday at 10 a.m.

Full info follows. Click here for directions.

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See a Cicada? Say Something (To The Record)

Ace environmental reporter Jim O'Neill of The Record writes:

When the 17-year cicadas actually emerge in our North Jersey area, I want to do a follow-up on the story that The Record published recently.

If any of you see cicadas, please send me a quick email about how many, location, etc.? That would be incredibly helpful.

Thanks for any help!! My email is oneillj@northjersey.com

Here's a link to Jim's story:
http://bit.ly/YOqCV5

Industrious Barn Swallows @ Disposal Road

Ron Shields writes:

While his colleagues collect mud and straw as the traditional materials for nest building (above), the smarter swallow (below) contemplates the use of chipped brick or so it seems.

As photographed Tuesday from the bus parking lot on Disposal Road. (Thanks, Ron!)

We Need Your Big Year Totals!

Get out your binoculars — and send us your Meadowlands Big Year totals as of May 31!

The goal is to see as many different bird species as possible in the 14 towns of the Meadowlands District over the course of 2013 — and also to have fun birding.

To ensure a level playing field, all birds must be seen in areas open to the public, or on guided walks or banding events in such places as Harrier Meadow or the back of the Kingsland Landfill.

The idea is to promote birding in the Meadowlands, and to give area birders a competition that does not require as much travel (and gasoline consumption) as, say, a New Jersey Big Year.

To make this as fair as possible, we have two divisions: Meadowlands residents and non-Meadowlands residents.

More details follow.

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