Dennis Cheeseman was out at DeKorte early this morning. If his photos are any indication, it’s going to be a good day for birding! He sent photos of Double-crested Cormorants, Egrets and a Northern Cardinal.

Northern Shoveler

Dennis Cheeseman ventured to Mill Creek Marsh on his lunch break yesterday and got these nice shots. Thanks Dennis!

Red Admiral Butterfly

Red Admiral Butterfly

Palm Warbler

Red-tailed Hawk

Great shots of a Red-tailed Hawk and an Osprey taken recenty at DeKorte by Jim Zenock to start the day. Thanks Jim!

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Osprey

Our naturalists are on a roll. This morning we posted a terrapin hatchling they came across yesterday. Today it’s a Painted Turtle Hatchling!

NJSEA naturalists yesterday came across a terrapin hatchling in a nest in a Meadowlands marsh. Hofstra University students that the NJSEA was helping this summer used cages to protect a handful of nests from predation. The terrapin in the photos was released under some cover in the marsh.

Join the Bergen County Audubon Society this Sunday, Oct. 1, as they lead a nature walk of Losen Slote Creek Park in Little Ferry. They’ll be looking for Herons Thrushes, Sparrows and other birds of interest. Losen Slote contains one of the last remaining lowland forests in the District.

The walk is from 10 am to noon. For more information email Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or call him at 201-230-4983. Hope to see you there!

Five images of monarch butterflies on goldenrod and other marsh shrub blooms taken on a weekend in late September at Mill Creek Marsh in the N. J. Meadowlands.

Thanks to Regina Geoghan for sending in these monarch and bird montages of photos that she took yesterday at Mill Creek Marsh. Regina writes:  I was happy to see several fresh and beautiful monarch butterflies on Saturday  and again on Sunday.  They seem to love the goldenrod. Thanks for sharing Regina!

A selection of bird images taken at Mill Creek Marsh NJ Meadowlands on a Sept day: great egrets, snowy egret, yellowlegs, and osprey.

Great article on bats in the New York Times last week. Check out The Remarkable Patience of the Staten Island Bat Watchers

Don’t forget: We’ll have some live bats here at the Meadowlands Environment Center as part of the Halloween at the Meadowlands event on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. To register, and for more info, click here

Thanks once more to Joe Koscielny for his contributions from the BCAS walk on Tuesday at DeKorte. Here’s a great series of shots of the American White Pelican with a Great and Snowy Egret to boot.

Wilson’s Phalarope and Greater Yellowlegs

Thanks to Joe Koscielny for these great photos from this past Tuesday’s BCAS walk at DeKorte Park. As Joe notes, there were some great sightings. We’ll have more from Joe later today.

Wilson’s Phalarope

Wilson’s Phalarope

Pectoral Sandpiper

Osprey