Images of some of the native flowers in bloom in July at Richard W. DeKorte Park in the NJ Meadowlands: Swamp Milkweed, Trumpet Vine, Monardia, Woodland Sunflowers, Black-eyed Susans.

Regina Geoghan sent in montages of some native flowers and butterflies she photographed yesterday at DeKorte. Thanks Regina!! Looking forward to your photos on Butterfly Day!

A montage of four butterfly images taken at Richard W. DeKorte Park in the New Jersey Meadowlands: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Cabbage White, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Black Swallowtail,

Great Egret

Thanks to Dennis Cheeseman who was out at DeKorte early this morning for these great shots!

Mute Swan

Great Blue Heron

Marsh Wren

Sora

Henry David Thoreau once said, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

I think in in one form or another all birders and for that matter all nature lovers hold words like those close to their hearts throughout their lives.

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