The Great Backyard Bird Count each year brings people together to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find. They then report their data to organizations that use the observations to help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations.
Celebrate our wonderful avian friends with the Bergen County Audubon Society on Sunday, Feb. 20, at DeKorte Park. The bird walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon.
Contact: Don at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
MRRI Staff Inspects Tide Gate at Franks Creek, Kearny
NJSEA’s Meadowlands Research & Restoration Institute (MRRI) is working to meet challenges brought by sea level rise by preserving and restoring the wetlands that provide a natural buffer, and continuously monitoring tides to provide real-time information to the surrounding communities.
This work is especially critical given a Federal report that states, on average,that the U.S. will see as much sea level rise in the next 30 years as seen in the last 100 years
It seems most of our lives are spent waiting for something or other. It might be waiting to grow up, waiting to graduate, waiting to land a new job or waiting to retire. Sometimes we are just waiting for a phone call or just waiting on hold, waiting to reboot and waiting to download, waiting for a pizza, waiting on a line, waiting for nicer weather, or waiting for a vaccine. Waiting for things to get better or maybe even just waiting for the other shoe to drop, it seems nowadays we just always seem to wait. In fact, waiting is now part of our culture.
Nature however has no waiting time. Nature is there for us on cold days as well as hot, rainy and even snowy. Good times and bad, no matter if we are young or old, sick or healthy, rich or poor, ready or not or somewhere in between. It does not wait to see how we are dressed or for that matter if we are dressed at all. It really has no idea or cares what brand of binoculars you have or don’t have and really does not wait to see how many stars your new coat has on Amazon.
Nature in its infinite wisdom never waits, for it cannot afford the luxury. It is not waiting for spring or summer or even fall or winter. Not waiting for seasons to change or a summer vacation
Nature is always happening, never on hold, always moving forward, fighting to survive as it has done since time immemorial.
Nature is there for all of us, calling out sometimes gently and quietly with the flutter of a chickadee and other times powerfully and purposely with the flight of an eagle. But always with the wisdom of the ages that it will share with us from the day we decide to discover it.
Don’t wait to enjoy nature. Get outside, take it all in as much as you can whenever you can. Nature heals the heart and enriches our souls and cannot help but connect all of us together, something we need now more than ever before.
The Great Backyard Bird Count each year brings people together to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find. They then report their data to organizations that use the observations to help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations.
Celebrate our wonderful avian friends with the Bergen County Audubon Society on Sunday, Feb. 20, at DeKorte Park. The bird walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon.
Contact: Don at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Join the BCAS for Superbird Sunday and enjoy nature before settling in for the big game! They’ll be leading a guided walk through DeKorte Park, the jewel of the Meadowlands park system, from 10 a.m. to noon. Prizes for first people to ID birds that are also NFL team mascots: Falcon, Cardinal, Raven, Eagle, Seahawk (osprey), Giant (great) egret and Giant (great) blue heron.
Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Meadowlands Research and Restoration scientists have started the 29th year of seasonal water quality sampling in the Meadowlands. This dataset allows MRRI to observe long term trends in water chemistry. Data can be viewed here
Join the BCAS for Superbird Sunday and enjoy nature before settling in for the big game! They’ll be leading a guided walk through DeKorte Park, the jewel of the Meadowlands park system, from 10 a.m. to noon. Prizes for first people to ID birds that are also NFL team mascots: Falcon, Cardinal, Raven, Eagle, Seahawk (osprey), Giant (great) egret and Giant (great) blue heron.
Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join the BCAS as they traverse Harrier Meadow in North Arlington, a wonderful tract usually closed to the public. They’ll be looking for wintering raptors, sparrows and ducks. The walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon. Park in lot across from entrance to Harrier Meadow on Disposal Road.
Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.
