Steve Ceragno had a busy and fruitful weekend birding at DeKorte. Check out these highlights: the Red-throated Loon, a Common Yellowthroat and a Marsh Wren. Thanks Steve!

A big Nature Blog welcome to first-time poster Lior Abitbol! Lior shared this photo of our friendly Red-throated Loon at DeKorte from yesterday. We look forward to more contributions from Lior!

Thanks to all who came out to enjoy Harrier Meadow yesterday morning! A great walk by all accounts. Here are some photos of a Cedar Waxwing, Black-crowned Night Heron and a couple of Tree Swallows courtesy of Dee DeSantis. Don’t miss the next Bergen County Audubon Society Meadowlands walk on Tuesday, June 20, from 10 am to noon at DeKorte Park as they look for late spring migrants, nesting birds and shorebirds.

The parking lot of DeKorte’s administration building got shockingly late year snow flurries  last Wednesday afternoon- well, not really. If you’re wondering what all the white stuff was,the answer is seedlings from nearby Cottonwood trees that are embedded in the cotton fluff. As the weather gets warmer, the seeds, and the fluff, fly. Interestingly, Cottonwood trees are poplars, and not related to cotton plants.  Thanks to the NJSEA’s own Mimi Sabatino for the photos!

Read more on “Cottonwood Snow” here and here