Semi-palmated Sandpipres

As promised, here are Dennis Cheeseman’s photos from this morning at DeKorte. Thanks Dennis!

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Eastern Kingbird

Black-crowned Night Heron

Double-crested Cormorant

Thanks to Dennis Cheeseman for sending in some great shots taken yesterday evening at DeKorte. Dennis was right back out at the park this morning. We’ll have those photos for you in a bit.

Merganser

Herring Gull

Gray Birch

The devastation of Hurricane Sandy can still be felt around my Meadowlands home. Neighbors I knew for years have moved away, many displaced and some never able to return even for their belongings. But besides the human toll there was also a localized environmental loss that for the most part went unnoticed.

It was a very insidious loss that went unobserved until it seemed one day a few curious folks looked up and noticed things were very different around their neighborhood. The trees had just about disappeared.

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