Hooded Merganser
Thanks to Dennis Cheeseman for these great photos taken at DeKorte today at lunchtime! Hopefully it will soon be warm enough that we can all eat outside!
Hooded Merganser
Northern Pintail
Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society tomorrow (Tuesday March 20) for a nature walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus from 10 am to noon. Mill Creek is an excellent spot for bird watching, and they’ll be looking for sparrows, ducks, harriers, potential early spring migrants and more.
For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
NJSEA Naturalist Gaby Bennett-Meany will give a talk on the “Kingsland Overlook Project” at next Wednesday’s (March 21) BCAS Chapter Meeting. The chapter meeting begins at 7:30 pm with the program following immediately thereafter. The meetings, free and open to public, is at Teaneck Creek Conservancy, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck.
The Kingsland Overlook Trail is a six-acre side slope of a former landfill located in Richard W. DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. Areas along the trail have been enhanced with native vegetation beneficial to wildlife. Before they were planted, dominant invasive species or weeds persisted there.
The funding for the project was made possible from Bergen County Audubon Society. Gaby will take us through the process of the project from start to finish. Over the next few years she will monitor the newly planted habitat communities. Gabrielle Bennett-Meany is a Senior Natural Resource Program Specialist at the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA), formerly the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, and has been employed there for 23 years.
Thanks to Mickey Raine for these great photos he took earlier this week at Mill Creek Marsh and River Barge Park of some crows, cormorants and mergansers. A nice way to start the weekend!
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society tomorrow (Tuesday March 20) for a nature walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus from 10 am to noon. Mill Creek is an excellent spot for bird watching, and they’ll be looking for sparrows, ducks, harriers, potential early spring migrants and more.
For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
NJSEA Naturalist Gaby Bennett-Meany will give a talk on the “Kingsland Overlook Project” at next Wednesday’s (March 21) BCAS Chapter Meeting. The chapter meeting begins at 7:30 pm with the program following immediately thereafter. The meetings, free and open to public, is at Teaneck Creek Conservancy, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck.
The Kingsland Overlook Trail is a six-acre side slope of a former landfill located in Richard W. DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. Areas along the trail have been enhanced with native vegetation beneficial to wildlife. Before they were planted, dominant invasive species or weeds persisted there.
The funding for the project was made possible from Bergen County Audubon Society. Gaby will take us through the process of the project from start to finish. Over the next few years she will monitor the newly planted habitat communities. Gabrielle Bennett-Meany is a Senior Natural Resource Program Specialist at the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA), formerly the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, and has been employed there for 23 years.
Credit: Jim Macaulso
Imagine sitting in your backyard sipping your favorite beverage, just resting and relaxing as you watch the Orioles, Cedar waxwings and Catbirds feeding on one of their favorite foods of the season: the sweet little purple berries of Amelanchier Canadensis, or Serviceberry.
Based on the overcast conditions, the William D. McDowell public viewing session tonight (Wednesday, March 14) has been cancelled. The next public viewing night is Wednesday, March 21, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society next Tuesday (March 20) for a nature walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus from 10 am to noon. Mill Creek is an excellent spot for bird watching, and they’ll be looking for sparrows, ducks, harriers, potential early spring migrants and more.
For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
A hearty congratulations to Bergen County Audubon Society President Don Torino, who received the Linnaean Society of New York Natural History Service Award last night. The Linnaean Society is devoted to all aspects of natural history and is strongly bird oriented, providing birding field trips to various destinations in the greater New York City area.
Says Don: “I was very proud to receive the Natural History Service Award from the The Linnaean Society of New York- They presented the Award for our work Saving the Eagles nest in Ridgefield Park, protecting raptors from the Methane burner in the Meadowlands plus our work restoring wildlife habitat and educational programs .. very proud that people appreciated the hard work of our all members.”
A well-deserved honor!