Please note: DeKorte park will open at 9 a.m. today (Friday, Dec. 16)

Please note: Due to the storm expected to reach us this afternoon and get progressively worse, the NJSEA Administration Building is closed and will reopen on Monday, Dec. 19.  DeKorte Park will be closed on Friday, Dec. 16, unless conditions change. Please check this page for updates.

The Bergen County Audubon Society leads a walk through DeKorte Park on the Winter Solstice, the official start of winter, and the shortest day and longest night of the year. The walk goes from 10 a.m. to noon.

Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

We’ll be scanning the sky for kestrels, hawks, and eagles with the Bergen County Audubon Society on this special Raptor Walk. Join us! The walk goes from 10 a.m. to noon. Meets on Disposal Road by the AMVETS Memorial Carillon, North Arlington.

Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Please note: The William D. McDowell Observatory Public Viewing night scheduled for tonight (Dec. 7) has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The next viewing night is Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 7:30 to 10 pm

Rich Brown photographed one of our visiting Snow Buntings yesterday along the Transco Trail at DeKorte Park. Thanks for sharing, Rich!

Join the Bergen County Audubon Society at DeKorte Park for a guided walk. Keep an eye out for winter songbirds and waterfowl. The walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon.

Contact: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Check out local New Jersey artist Cheryl Hochberg, above, discussing her fantastic mural, “The Crab Reveals/The Crab Portends.“ The painting, located in River Barge Park in Carlstadt, has been receiving rave reviews! The work of art was inspired by the central role that Blue Crabs have played – and continue to play – in the changing ecology of the Hackensack River.

To learn more about Hochberg’s artwork, please visit her Instagram account, cherylhochberg and her website, www.cherylagulnick.com