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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I went birding in LA, dude!
A memorial service for a dear friend brought me to Los Angeles last week, and I took advantage of an opportunity to do some birding in the Golden State. I flew from Newark Liberty airport to LAX on Wednesday, landing just after noon. My original plan was to drive to one of the beaches before…
Checking out a new place to bird: Heritage Preserve
I made on of my usual trips to the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm this morning, and in the afternoon I decided to try a place I had not yet visited. About five miles from my home and just off Interstate 295 near the Pennington-Ewing border is the Heritage Preserve. It’s a 66-acre tract of former…
The Fall Big Day really was a big day
Saturday was the Fall Big Day for birding, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and I did my part. Yellow-rumped warblers ruled in the stops I made in Mercer County, and in tribute I’ve posted a photo of one of them atop this post. I started the day at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm,…
Sparrows, a harrier and an unexpected owl highlight the weekend
We’re nearing the peak of fall migration, yet I found few warblers this weekend. Instead, I was treated to a variety of sparrows and — best of all — had as close an encounter with a Northern harrier as one could hope to have. As I made my way up the central trail at the…
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