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Tuesday Teaser 082713 27 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
It’s not It everyday that you see eye to eye with this bird. What is it? (Photographed in DeKorte Park in mid-August.)
Special ‘Back to Football’ Walk This Sunday 27 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
Start the fall birding season with a free, NFL-themed “Back to Football” Bird Walk at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 10 a.m. The guided, two-hour walk, sponsored by the New Jersey M...
Save the date: DeKorte Open Late on 9/11 26 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
On Sept. 11, starting around 8 p.m., a few folks are planning an informal, unofficial gathering in the Visitors Parking Lot in DeKorte Park to look at the Tribute in Light in Lower Manhattan. Roughly...
Kayaking next Thursday, Anyone? 24 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Hoping to do an unofficial, informal kayak tour of the Kearny Marsh on Thursday, Aug. 29, weather-permitting. Meet at 10 a.m., Gunnell Oval. E-mail Jim Wright if you plan attend.
Meet Billy the Bagworm 23 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
Regina Geoghan took these cool shots of a bagworm earlier this month as it munched on a Butterfly Bush at DeKorte Park. Bagworms are considered pests, but they do grow up to be beautifu...
Red-spotted Purple at DeKorte 22 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
Regina Geoghan reports: Saw this guy on the butterfly bush by the building entrance just as I was leaving on Tuesday. I was only there a short time since there were no butterflies in sight other tha...
Our Latest Column: Batstock, Friday Night@DeKorte 22 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
Jim Wright, who keeps this blog, also writes a twice-monthly column for the South Bergenite. His latest column is on Batstock 2013, which kicks off tomorrow (Friday) night in DeKorte Park. Joe D’Ange...
Next Tuesday: Birding by Boat 21 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
The Meadowlands Commission and the Bergen County Audubon Society are sponsoring a second birding-by-boat excursion this summer on the Hackensack River next Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon. The two-hour ...
Teaser Answered 21 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
Marie Longo took a pic of this dragonfly on our First Sunday walk at DeKorte recently. Yesterday we asked, which is it? Fran Duggan correctly replied first, and others concurred –Swamp Darner. (Thank...
Today’s Walk 21 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
Thanks to all who participated in today’s Harrier Meadow walk. We had more than 40 folks participate, and roughly that many species of birds. We also had great looks at a not-so-rare Treehog, above....
