We took this guy's photo while it was being banded last month.
This is the second one that NJMC Naturalist Mike Newhouse and his volunteers have banded in the past two years.
Just love the colorations on its back.
Answer follows.
Flyway Gallery: November
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s 2010 Employee Art Exhibit will be on display at the Meadowlands Environment Center’s Flyway Gallery during November. The show runs from Wednesday, Nov. 3 through Thursday, Dec. 2. The Meadowlands Environment Center is located in DeKorte Park, the home of the NJMC.
The environmentally themed show includes nature and landscape photography by Commission staffers Lou Coviello (above) and Jim Wright , as well as digital inkjet prints by Lisa Cameron.
More info and two other images follow.
Question Mark, Marsh Discovery Trail, Late Week
DeKorte Rainbow, Another View, 102710
NJMC Naturalist Brett Bragin took this shot and told us to save it for a rainy day. We couldn't wait. As a friend of the blog pointed out about the earlier photo, there is a faint second rainbow to the right. (Thanks, Brett!)
Mill Creek Marsh: Eagle, plus
Did a walk around part of Mill Creek Marsh this a.m. for about an hour this morning at low tide.
Highlight was a distant Bald Eagle and a bunch of Green-winged Teal — most of them feeding on a mudflat.
Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets still abound.
Full list follows.
Thanksgiving Advisories For DeKorte Park
On Thanksgiving (Thursday, Nov. 25), all facilities will be closed but the park itself and trails will be open.
Observatory: November Schedule
The William D. McDowell Observatory in DeKorte Park begins a new schedule of programming on Monday night with free public access at 8 and 10 p.m. — weather permitting, of course.
Dress for the weather; with the dome open, you are basically outside.
Each evening at least two major objects in the night sky will be viewed, plus one or two other celestial objects or events depending on the observing conditions.
Next Monday, for example, three planets — Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune — should be in view.
For the complete November schedule and more information about free public viewing nights, click here.
For a recent column by the NJMC's Jim Wright about the observatory, click here.
Rainbow, Sept. 11 Memorial, 5:30 p.m., 102710
Monday Morning, Marsh Discovery Trail, DeKorte Park
Dale Jankowski took this enchanting morning shot along the Marsh Discovery Trail. (Thanks, Dale!)
New Meadowlands Documentary Project
Prize-winning documentary film-maker Scott Morris is in the early stages of a documentary about the Meadowlands, and he has posted five short sample videos on his Web site as he pursues funding.
One of the videos is about the Marsh Discovery Trail (taken when the water levels were low in August, above). Another is on Harrier Meadow and Mill Creek Marsh. A third is on an NJMC DiamondbackTerrapin banding project, and two others feature the Hackensack Riverkeeper. Your feedback is welcome.
Link to the videos is here.
Link to Scott's website is here.