Start the new year right with some fresh air and new birds (for your 2011 list)!

Join us on our next free guided walk on Sunday, Jan. 2, at 10 a.m. at DeKorte Park. The walk is brought to you by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society.

Who knows? Maybe the Long-tailed Duck will make an appearance.

Dress warmly — it is winter in the Meadowlands.

Full info on the walk follows. Check this blog for weather-related cancellations.

Sunday, January 2, 10 a.m.
First-Sunday-of-the-Month Nature Walk with the NJMC and BCAS
What better way to ring in 2011 than with a brisk nature walk? This free two-hour guided walk starts outside the Meadowlands Environment Center in DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst and runs from 10 a.m. We’ll walk around the square-mile park, looking for wintering waterfowl and other birds of interest. The walk is run by the N.J. Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society. Check meadowblog.net for last-minute weather updates. You will have to sign a standard liability release for this event. To rsvp, contact Don Torino of the BCAS at greatauk4@aol.com or 201-636-4022.