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Chris Takacs reports:

Heard and saw a Yellow Warbler singing near Disposal Road on Saturday morning.

(Thanks, Chris! May the warbler migration begin in full.)

The Meadowlands Commission and the Meadowlands Environment Center have some great May events lined up — including four free bird walks, a scavenger hunt and a mud marathon.

The Meadowlands Commission are done in a partnership with the Bergen County Audubon Society.

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Thinking of visiting DeKorte Park or nearby Disposal Road this weekend?

To see what’s being reported at DeKorte on eBird Hotspot Explorer, click here.

To see what’s being reported along Disposal Road on eBird Hotspot Explorer, click here.

Note: As of Friday, part of Disposal Road near DeKorte Park had a very deep puddle covering the entire roadway. You may want to park in DeKorte and walk down the Transco Trail or take the Schuyler Road entrance to Disposal Road.

Every spring for the past several years, the folks at several Spectrum for Living residences have built Tree Swallow nesting boxes.

In fact, some have turned it into an art form — to the point where they are far too beautiful to put in a marsh.

We had some especially incredible nest boxes built by the Spectrum for Living crew this year — and that’s saying something. We couldn’t decide which is the most amazing.

Below is a sampling… (Thanks, Spectrum for Living!)

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Dennis Cheeseman writes:

I photographed this Boat-tailed Grackle at River bage park on Earth Day morning at 7 a.m.

(Thanks, Dennis! More on Boat-tailed Grackles here.)

NJ.Com just named the seven best spring birding spots in the Garden State, and the Meadowlands is one of them. Thanks NJ.Com! The other places are great, too, but we love to see the Meadowlands get their due.

The link is here. They clearly saved the best for last. :- )

DeKorte Park will be closed all day Saturday (April 26) for roadway repairs. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Ron writes:

As photographed Monday afternoon.

FOY for me.

Mike Girone writes:

I checked out a few spots along the Hackensack River in Secaucus this past Saturday afternoon. I saw 1 adult Peregrine at the Route 3 site (not at the box, but on a nearby bridge support).

The other could’ve easily been hidden from view if it was inside the box.

Afterward I went to Laurel Hill Park to check out the decommissioned railroad swing bridge at the south end of the park, and I can report that Peregrines are hanging out near the old Osprey nest on the bridge for their nest.

(See photo by Marco Van Brabant above).

I never got a good look at the female’s legs to check for bands, but the male is definitely unbanded.

(Note: Marco’s shot at right clearly shows the female banded.)

Could someone with a long lens photograph the band numbers?

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