Jana Brusich wrote two years ago today:
“Santa left a Bald Eagle perched on a tree along the NJ Turnpike by Exit 16W.
“Then to find more adult and immature Eagles riding a thermal along the Hackensack River!”
Two more eagle pix follow. (Thanks, Jana!)
We thought we’d look back at some of blog highlights from 2014, month by month, and showcase some of the great photography that folks have contributed. (Thanks to all!)
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July 1: Carolina Wren Tyke @ DeKorte
July 4: Nature’s Fireworks from Kearny Marsh
July 9: Red Fox at Mill Creek
July 14: Awesome Pelican Pix
July 15: Photographing DeKorte’s Wildflowers
July 16: Cool Peregrine Action
July 17: Least Bitterns @ Kearny Marsh
July 22: Moth Night: NY Times’ Coverage
July 25: Cicada Killer @ DeKorte
July 29: Box Turtle in Little Ferry
July 31: Five Years of Butterfly Days (Photo by Roy Woodford, above)
July 31: ‘Banded sandpiper at Mill Creek’
River Barge Park & Marina will be open daily dawn to dusk but our bathrooms will be closed till further notice due to construction. (Thanks to the NJMC’s Angelo Urato for the photo.)
DeKorte Park is open on Dec. 25. The MEC, and its restrooms, will be closed.
Don Torino’s latest column for wildnewjersey.tv is all about bird names and misnamed birds.
It’s a lot of fun, especially if you a fan of Bubbleheads and Graet Blue Herrings.
The link is here. (He did miss my favorite — the Pie-billed Grebe.)
We thought we’d look back at some of blog highlights from 2014, month by month, and showcase some of the great photography that folks have contributed. (Thanks to all!)
Just click on the text to link to the post.
June 6: Banded Bunting
June 10: Archival Pig Pix from Secaucus
June 12: Soprano Land Map of the Meadowlands
June 17: How Teal Pool Got Its Name
June 23: Bathing Beauties at DeKorte
June 26: Garden Scenes from DeKorte Park (Photo above by Regina Geoghan)
June 29: Disposal Road Grosbeak
No. There’s no giant Jenga game scheduled for Disposal Road. These over-sized Jenga pieces are part of PSE&G’s construction project on the Saw Mill Creek Trail. Just in case you were wondering.
The Valley Brook Ave. nest produced one fledgling this year.
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey just posted the state’s 2014 Osprey report online.
You can read it here. (Thanks, CWF! They are the folks we did the Bald Eagle eBook with.)
We thought we’d look back at some of blog highlights from 2014, month by month, and showcase some of the great photography that folks have contributed. (Thanks to all!)
Just click on the text to link to the post.
May 5: Tanager, Fox, Rainbow @ DeKorte
May 8: Yoga for Turtles
May 8: Prothonotary Warbler @ DeKorte
May 9: Baltimore Orioles at DeKorte (above)
May 11: Amazing Midge Shots
May 13: Beautiful Kearny Snail
May 16: Token Mammal Shot
May 23: Black Skimmer Count Up To 30+
May 24: Cinnamon Teal @ DeKorte
May 27: Bug Egg Casing Mystery Solved
“Look, Ma! One foot!”
Kick off 2015 the right way with a free guided nature walk along the trails of scenic Mill Creek Marsh.
We are offering a 25-cent reward to the first person to see a Eurasian Green-winged Teal, a dollar (U.S.) to anyone who sees a Gyrfalcon, and a pat on the back to anyone who sees a No-Sho (Northern Shoveler, above).
Details follow. Continue reading