Dave Rotondi reports: The Jersey City Peregrines have at least one chick!

The link to the video cam is here. (Thanks, Dave!)

Don't know about you, but we have always had absolutely no ability at photographing a lightning strike.

Not so, apparently, with Allan Sanford last weekend. (Thanks, Allan!)

NJMC Naturalist Mike Newhouse was at Losen Slote Creek Park today and reports that it was the best songbird day he's ever had in the Meadwowlands.

Here's a sample: Ovenbird, Worm-eating Warbler, Northern Waterthrush,
Black-and-white Warbler, Common Yellowthroat (photograph at right
taken at Losen Slote earlier this month), American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler  and Canada Warbler.  (Thanks, Mike!)

Full list, with numbers, follows — including a rare birdie from the walk earlier this month. (Not sure if Mike saw this one, but he doesn't miss much.)

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Mill Creek Marsh is one of our very favorite spots, and this time of year is especially delightful — we just never know what to expect.

We could see anything from unusual shorebirds to ducks to egrets to Bald Eagles, as well as those centuries-old Atlantic White Cedar stumps.

Join the Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society for a free guided walk next Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.

Full details follow.

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On a recent boat trip down the Hackensack River, we saw a promising Osprey nest on the Lift Bridge.

Last year an Osprey "starter nest" was in that same location.

At last count, we have four active nests — still need to check on a fifth. A sixth nest appears to be lost in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Allan Sanford and Dennis Cheeseman both sent in American Robin family photos.

Thought we'd share both… (Thanks, Dennis and Allan!)

Ron Shields writes:

"A Solitary and Spotted as photographed on Disposal Road this past weekend."  (Thanks, Ron!)

Yesterday's Teaser involved rocks (for the second week in a row), but no butterflies.

We asked if anything was lurking besides rocks, and two sharp-eyed readers claimed to have found two Killdeer eggs in the photo.

Darned if they weren't right. Congrats to Dave Rotondi and Ian Garrison.

Close-up follows.

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We had a total of 45 species on our fifth annual Mother's Day Walk in Ridgefield last Sunday, at a variety of places — Ridgefield Nature Center, Ridgefield Community Garden, the Monk Parakeet Colony, Skeetkill Creek Marsh and the Bald Eagle nest observation site.

(Great time, great group, great birds.)

Highlights included great looks at plenty of warblers, including the Yellow Warbler pictured here. Full list follows…

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Anything lurking? (Nope, no butterflies this week.)

Answer tomorrow.