Join the Bergen County Audubon Society next Tuesday for a nature walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus. The walk goes from 10 am to noon. Mill Creek is a wonderful site for bird watching and they’ll be looking for various spring migrants and shorebirds.

For more information contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Echinacea purpurea eastern (purple coneflower)

Thanks to the NJSEA’s own Gaby Bennett-Meany for these photos of just several of the many beautiful native plants in bloom at DeKorte Park! A great way to start the day.

Cornus sericea (red osier dogwood)

Penstemon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge)