Thanks to Joe Koscielny for this wonderful variety of photos taken this past Sunday during the Bergen County Audubon Society’s Father’s Day walk at DeKorte Park, including the mallards above having a hard time keeping their eyes open!

Thanks to Mickey Raine for these great photos taken recently of a Great Egret at DeKorte Park and a Snowy Egret at Mill Creek Marsh. The difference? Look closely and you’ll see that the larger Great Egret has a yellow beak and black feet. The smaller Snowy Egret is just the opposite: a black beak with yellow feat.

Don’t forget to join us for the first Meadowlands Native Plant Day on Sunday, June 30, from 10 am to 3 pm at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst. The Bergen County Audubon Society and the NJSEA will be giving native plant walks and talks at this free event and we’ll have information tables from several organizations.

Here are some more great photos by Mickey Raine taken yesterday at Mill Creek Marsh, a dazzling mix of scenics and fauna! Thanks Mickey!

Many thanks to Mickey Raine for these fantastic photos taken yesterday at Mill Creek Marsh during low tide. We’ll have more from Mickey later!

Jim Wright’s Meadowlands talk scheduled for Sunday, July 7, at the Meadowlands Environment Center has been postponed to as yet to be determined later date. The Bergen County Audubon Society nature walk of DeKorte Park the same day, from 10 am to noon, will take place as scheduled. For more information on the BCAS walk contact Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Join the Bergen County Audubon Society this Tuesday, June 18, for a guided walk through Losen Slote Creek Park in Little Ferry! They’ll be looking for late spring migrants and nesting birds in this lowland forest. The walk runs from 10 am to noon. Info: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Give dad the gift of nature this Sunday by taking him out to the Bergen County Audubon Society’s guided nature walk of DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, the gem of the Meadowlands park system! They’ll be looking for migrants, warblers, flycatchers and more. The walk goes from 10 am to noon. Info: Don Torino at greatauk4@gmail.com or 201-230-4983.

Truly amazing photo of a Black Saddlebags Dragonfly at Mill Creek Marsh taken by Elaine Raine, with more from Mickey Raine at Mill Creek and DeKorte Park. Thanks Mickey and Elaine for these awesome shots!

Check out these fantastic photos courtesy of Mickey Raine of the thriving milkweed plants at Mill Creek Marsh. Milkweed is vital to Monarch butterflies. Monarchs cannot survive without milkweed; their caterpillars only eat milkweed plants and monarch butterflies need milkweed to lay their eggs. Thanks Mickey!