We have several nifty upcoming walks throughout the Meadowlands, beginning next Tuesday at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus.
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The feathers on this little guy's head should be a tip-off.
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In September and October, NJMC
Naturalist Michael Newhouse and his dedicated band of bird-banders
banded 46 species and nearly 3,000
birds in all.
Bird most likely to be banded -- the Savannah Sparrow, with more than 700 banded. It is a threatened species in New Jersey. (Pictured at right, a confusing Black-throated Blue Warbler, one of the 46 species.)
For a look at the variety of birds that use the former landfills in the Meadowlands each fall, check out the full list of banded birds.
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The Meadowlands Commission is hosting its annual Staff Art Exhibit from Friday, Nov.
6, through Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Flyway Gallery in the
Meadowlands Environment
Center.
The exhibit – which
is open daily to the public for free – features nature photography and
watercolors by Commission employees.
This year’s show
includes interesting multi-media works of Meadowlands landmarks by landscape
architect Lisa Cameron, who also exhibited with the Highland Park Artists’
Collective this past May. Her work "WMCA" is pictured above.
The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
It is one of
several free attractions at the Meadowlands Environment Center, which is
located in DeKorte Park, a 110-acre oasis with walking trails and water views,
all framed by the New York City skyline.
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NJMC Naturalist Michael Newhouse reports that October was a banner month for bird-banding at the former Erie Landfill in North Arlington.
All told, Mike and his wonderful team of volunteers banded 46 species, and more than 2,300 birds.
We will post the fall banding totals soon.
Can you guess what species this is? It takes a sharp eye.
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Don Torino of the Bergen County Audubon Society reports:
"We had a good nature walk Sunday morning morning, The weather was overcast and windy but we had
some good birds -- including two Northern Harriers, 30+ Cedar Waxwings, and at least six duck species-- plus about 20 people. A special thanks to Dave Hall and Beth Goldberg of the BCAS for helping out."
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Mike Britt reports: The Meadowlands was generally devoid of migrants Monday...I observed a GREAT EGRET, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 300 NORTHERN
SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, 4 HORNED LARK, MERLIN,
PEREGRINE, COOPER'S HAWK (Imm), HARRIER (Imm), and a handful of
RED-TAILED HAWKS.
Notes: The Harrier and Merlin were hunting over the Erie &
Kingsland landfills. The Horned Larks were on the defunct Encap site.
The Coop has been hanging around the Kingsland for about a week or
so...I've seen it from the train.

This guy is one beautiful (albeit scruffy) bird. Who is he?
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A change of pace for the Tuesday Teaser this week.
What kind of tree is this?
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