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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A yellow-bellied sapsucker snacking on crabapples
As the trees lose their leaves, much of the color remaining at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm is in the berries hanging from branches. As I passed through the entrance to the woods the other day, I noted some big red berries in one tree and thought that would be a great background for a…
Boning up on duck ID’s
Just as I never realized how many sparrow varieties there are until I started birding, the same goes for ducks. Dabbling or diving, no matter the style, I have difficulty distinguishing one species from another beyond drake mallards. This morning I drove to John A. Roebling Park in Hamilton, hoping to see a few varieties…
A great gathering of geese, and a weekend photo grab bag
My birding outings this weekend lacked any killer sightings and offered relatively normal photo opportunities, whatever that may be. Still, it was great to get out into the sunshine on days when the high temperatures dipped to a more normal sub-70 degrees. This afternoon, I went to Veterans Park in Hamilton, where the lake was…
Standard time sets up sunset shots
We’re back on standard time, and that means I’ll tweak the times for my birding outings. Even when I headed out to the Pole Farm this morning, I was contemplating a return after 4 p.m., hoping to get shots of Northern harriers hunting. To my delight, that actually happened. As I walked up the central…
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