Daily Archives: March 16, 2017

Mill Creek Marsh Walk Tuesday March 21!

Join the Bergen County Audubon Society for a guided walk on the Mill Creek Marsh trail on Tuesday, March 21, from 10 am to noon. Mill Creek Marsh is a wonderful place this time of year to see wintering birds, waterfowl and raptors. Don’t miss out!

Park and meet in the lot behind Bob’s Discount Furniture in Mill Creek Mall.

For more information contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Don Torino’s Life in the Meadowlands: The Decline of the Wood Thrush – And How We Can Help

There is no more beautiful sound in the forest than the Wood Thrush. I grew up mesmerized by their melodious calls in the woods of Teterboro and Losen Slote. Their magical, flute-like sound echoes at dawn throughout the woods of the northeast in spring and summer, but those signature notes of the woods have been fast disappearing to the point where New Jersey Fish & Wildlife has declared the Wood thrush a species of “Special Concern.”

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