Because of the bad weather, DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst is closed on Thursday, Feb. 13.

The bird flying near Disposal Road is a Snow Bunting. It was attacked moments later by a Gray Ghost (male Northern Harrier).  Thanks to Louis Balboa for the photo.

Photo of Gray Ghost with Snow Bunting prey, by Walt Staab, follows. (Thanks, Walt!)  (Not for squeamish!) Continue reading →

Ray Duffy reports seeing two pairs of Common Ravens along Chubb Avenue in Lyndhurst  in what might have been a territorial dispute.

(Thanks, Ray!)

This Lincoln Sparrow shot courtesy of Dennis Cheeseman. We are thinking the top hat might not be real.

The Camden Courier-Post had a nice story on the Meadowlands in Sunday’s editions.

Here’s the beginning:

Last Sunday, Super Bowl XLVIII drew thousands to MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands.

What fans did not see is the rest of the Meadowlands, a place teeming with environmental activities, from a canoe trip to a nature walk, bird-watching to star gazing. An ecotourism touchdown, if you will.

“There is so much more than the sports complex,” said Brian Aberback, spokesperson for the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. “We like to say we are in the middle of nowhere and the middle of everything.”

The link is here.