Daily Archives: October 1, 2016

Don Torino’s Life in the Meadowlands – Fall Brings New Birds to the Backyard

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Credit: Marie Longo

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Credit: Marie Longo

Autumn is a wonderful time of year in the Meadowlands, a time when the hectic days of summer slowdown in favor of the cool season’s winds and the beautiful golds, scarlets and crimsons of fall colors.

I don’t think I could live in a part of the country that didn’t have a real change of season like we have here in New Jersey. Every season brings many changes to the natural world, and none more dramatic and diverse than autumn.

Just as our lifestyle changes in the fall, it also changes in many ways not only for the birds of the Meadowlands, but also for our backyard birds.

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