Join the Bergen County Audubon Society this Sunday (Aug. 7) at DeKorte Park from 10 am to noon for a free guided nature walk. They’ll be looking for migrating shorebirds, raptors, herons, egrets and other birds of interest as well as butterflies.
Information: greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Regina Geoghan sent these two photos of a Common Buckeye from DeKorte yesterday. She also saw four monarchs, two red admirals, and several types of skippers. Hope you can make it out to DeKorte on this beautiful Friday!
A view of a Common Buckeye Butterfly on a white butterfly bush flower at DeKorte Park in the NJ Meadowlands.
A view of a Common Buckeye butterf on a white butterfly bush flower in DeKorte Park – N.J. Meadowlands.
Don’t forget to sign up for our pontoon boat and canoe tours! The guided trips offer an awesome view of the Meadowlands from a unique vantage point. We take you up and down the Hackensack River and, depending on tides, through the Mill Creek Marsh, Saw Mill Creek and other areas. The trips make for great photo opportunities too (though we ask that you do not bring tripods). Tours go through late September.
The trips fill up fast, so don’t wait to register. You can also request special group tours. For more info click here
Now that we are in the midst of one of the hottest summers on record I get very concerned that our backyard birds cannot find enough water. Many of us grew up playing close to a pond or stream where we once caught frogs, watched Snapping Turtles and observed beautiful birds like the Baltimore Oriole bathing and drinking.
Unfortunately many of those places that we and our wildlife enjoyed so much are gone for good, the victim of urban sprawl and unchecked development . While we have indoor plumbing and swimming pools that we can use for our water, our birds are not so lucky. Unless birds can find a suitable water source they cannot survive.
Chris Takacs sent this photo of the Ruff seen in DeKorte’s Shorebird Pool around 5 p.m. yesterday. Drop me a line at brian.aberback@njmeadowlands.gov if you’ve seen him today. Thanks!
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society this Sunday (Aug. 7) at DeKorte Park from 10 am to noon for a free guided nature walk. They’ll be looking for migrating shorebirds, raptors, herons, egrets and other birds of interest as well as butterflies.
Information: greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Thanks to Tatiana Gomez for photographing our Butterfly Day Costume Contest on Saturday! Here’s some of our participants, including our First, Second and Third Prize Winners
Back in 2010, Freya, age 3, came to Butterfly Day decked out in a set of wings. She became the inspiration for our Butterfly Day Costume Contest. In the meantime Freya and her mom, Anita, have become Butterfly Day volunteers.
Now 9, Freya once again donned her wings this Saturday. Thanks to Anita and Freya, the original Butterfly Day girl, for their hard work! Photos from this year’s contest will be posted later this morning. Here’s Freya, then and now.
We can’t leave out some great bird shots taken at Butterfly Day, like these Forster’s Terns and a Cedar Waxwing from Joe Koscielny. We’ll have more from Butterfly Day tomorrow.
Jim Wright got these awesome pics of a Zabulon Skipper, Monarch and clear-winged moth at Butterfly Day. Check out Jim’s blog, The Celery Farm and Beyond, and see if you can solve his Monday Morning Mystery question.
