Our next guided walk with the Bergen County Audubon Society is next Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 10 a.m. to noon.

With a little luck, we should be seeing lots of herons and shorebirds — and quite a few raptors.

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Doug Morel reported on eBird that he had two Blue Grosbeaks on Disposal Road yesterday:

“1 male, 1 female along Disposal Rd.,  seen with other birders, long looks with scope & in decent light.”

Photographer Ron Shields was nice enough to offer us a quick kayak tour of the Kearny Marsh on Thursday afternoon.

Although the geography was been drastically rearranged by Hurricane Sandy and it is much harder to access, it is still an enchanted place — with “great” birds.  Thursday afternoon’s highlights included Least Bittern, Least Tern and Caspian Tern — and quite a few Semipalmated Plovers (left) and Sandpipers.

Anyone interested in an informal, unofficial kayak tour (B.Y.O.K.)  of the Kearny Marsh on Thursday morning, Aug. 29, at 8 a.m. should e-mail us (link is in right-hand column).

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