Join the Bergen County Audubon society as they guide you through DeKorte Park, the gem of the Meadowlands park system! They’ll be on the lookout for waterfowl, raptors, and songbirds. The walk goes from 10 a.m. to noon.
Meet outside the Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst.
Contact: Don Torino greatauk4@gmail.com (201) 230-4983
Look, the buds on the Pussy willow are beginning to pop! The Mountain Mint battles the still frosty ground and the Red-winged Blackbirds chant from the tall grasses to tell the world now that it is time for all to wake up.
It’s the same with many of us. Some folks dare to step a foot outside again, things are even beginning to sound different, we can hear the birds that since time and immemorial told us of the seasons arrival. Even the sky is changing. The clouds are different, the mud squishes under our feet, the sun shines longer and warmer, and a spring flower tries desperately to attract our attention, asking only for a nod as we run to the next scheduled parking lot – concrete and steel event.
Mourning Cloak butterflies will startle you on your walk through the woods. Robins will find places to raise the next generation right under your window. The magnificent colors of the Tree swallows will soon brighten our everyday lives as the Monarch Butterflies and the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds once again begin their incredible, perilous spring journeys.
The magic of nature is endless, its events boundless, its connection to all of us forever ageless, and it is just waiting patiently, but never pausing, for us to take notice, breath it all in and let it soak back into our souls in whatever way we are able.
Nature is the one true constant, it is the reality getting overwhelmed by a simulated world with no basis in who or what we truly are, or what we always have been, which is part of nature as much as any bird or flower.
Get outside this spring, connect with it, take it all in, become a kid again. It is there for all of us to enjoy, experience and to help us all to heal. No matter who we believe ourselves to be, who we love, where we live, how much money we have or don’t have, get back into nature, learn again to love it and, once you do, remember to preserve and protect it, for all of us and forever.
See you in the Meadowlands!
The NJSEA William D. McDowell Observatory will be open from midnight on Thursday, March 13, until 3 a.m. on Friday, March 14, for viewing the Total Lunar Eclipse/Blood Moon. The eclipse will also be visible from your backyard.
During this celestial event, the moon will slip into Earth’s shadow for 65 minutes, taking on a deep reddish hue in what’s often called a “Blood Moon.”
Be sure to call the Observatory Hotline at 201-460-4001 on March 13 regarding event status.
Click here for more information about the eclipse and its timeline
Join the BCAS as they lead a guided nature walk at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus. We’ll be on the lookout for waterfowl, raptors and songbirds. The walk runs from 10 a.m. to noon.
Meet at the trail entrance off the back parking lot of Bob’s Discount Furniture, 3 Mill Creek Drive, Secaucus.
Contact: Don Torino greatauk4@gmail.com (201) 230-4983
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society and be on the lookout for waterfowl, raptors and songbirds on this guided walk of the jewel of the Meadowlands Park System.
The walk goes from 10 am to noon. Meet outside the Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst.
Contact: Don Torino greatauk4@gmail.com – (201) 230-4983
Join the Bergen County Audubon Society and be on the lookout for waterfowl, raptors and songbirds on this guided walk of the jewel of the Meadowlands Park System.
The walk goes from 10 am to noon. Meet outside the Meadowlands Environment Center, 2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst.
Contact: Don Torino greatauk4@gmail.com – (201) 230-4983
The NJSEA offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17, in observance of Presidents’ Day. DeKorte will be open regular hours, 7 a.m. to dusk.
Due to inclement weather, the William D. McDowell Observatory viewing session for tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 12, has been cancelled.
Due to inclement weather, DeKorte Park will open at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The NJSEA offices will open at 11 a.m.
Due to the high probability of unsafe conditions, DeKorte Park will be closed today, Thursday, Feb. 6. The park will reopen on Friday, Feb. 7, regular hours, 7 a.m. to dusk. The administration building will be open on Friday, regular hours, from 8 a.m to 4 p.m.