Hooded Merganser – Clay Ave. Wetlands
Dennis Cheeseman took advantage of the un-winterlike weather today and got these great shots at the Clay Avenue Wetlands and DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. Thanks Dennis!
Hooded Merganser Clay Ave. Wetlands
Downy Woodpecker – DeKorte Park
Cardinal – DeKorte Park
Credit: Alice Leurck
Check out Jim Wright’s Bird Watcher column in today’s Record about the Where Eagles Fly program this Saturday at Historic New Bridge Landing in River Edge. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., includes talks on the comeback of the Bald Eagle, including in the Meadowlands, and tours of the historic Steuben House at New Bridge Landing, where George Washington retreated from the British during the Revolutionary War.
Members of program co-sponsor Bergen County Audubon Society will be on hand to point out eagles from New Bridge Landing. For more info click here.
Lapland Longspur
Sometimes watching birders is almost as much fun as watching the birds themselves. Recently birders from all over descended upon DeKorte Park and surrounded a tiny but very cooperative visitor from the far north, the Lapland Longspur.
As this deceptively beautiful bird went about its business, ignoring the overwhelming snapping of the birding paparazzi, scopes, binoculars, cameras and people in every imaginable description were strewn across the trail from every possible angle and configuration in hopes of getting a better glimpse of the rare visitor to the Meadowlands. But what was the fascination? Sure there are prettier birds or even more rare species to be found.