Adventures in birding, radiating from central Jersey
This site is a compendium of observations on birds, birding and the flora and fauna inhabiting my world, with its axis in Area Code 609.
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Surprise! It’s a dickcissel
One of the things I love about birding is its unpredictability. You get skunked one day, strike gold(finches) the next. Today was one of the latter, when my pal Jim and I made three stops in and around Princeton. The first and primary stop was the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm, and we had near instant…
Seeing old friends before the migrants arrive
Fall migrants are slowly beginning to arrive in my part of the world. Meantime, I’ve been savoring seeing the birds who’ve been gracing our fields and forests over the spring and summer before they, too, head south. This morning at the Pole Farm, I was pleased to observe a few common yellowthroats. All but one…
A Labor (Day) of love for birding
One of the joys of birding is the unexpected discovery, whether of a bird or new birding friends. Such was my Labor Day experience, which started with a trip to Veterans Park in Hamilton. It’s been a couple of months since I’ve seen any gulls, and I thought that the lake at the park might…
A rugged, muddy morning of birding in Princeton
Adjacent to the Princeton University campus, the Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge is a wooded area with a marsh suitable for a leisurely birding walk on a late summer Sunday. I stopped there this morning, circling the marsh on the blue trail and hoping to spot a few warblers. Striking out on the warblers, I…
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