Lawrence Hopewell Trail – The Jersey Birder

A day of discovery and a lifer, sort of

A juvenile red-headed woodpecker flies toward a tree.

I made two visits to the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm today, and it was full of surprises. On a longer than usual three-mile walk in the morning, I finally added a red-headed woodpecker to my e-Bird reports. It was a lifer. Or was it? I’ve been hoping to spot a red-headed woodpecker since I beganContinue reading “A day of discovery and a lifer, sort of”

No camera for birds? No problem – switch to wildflowers!

One ripe blackberry and several unripe red berries appear on the edge of the bush's branches, with green leaves in background.

A couple of times a year, I forget to stick the SD card back into my camera and discover the problem only when I reach the Pole Farm parking lot. It happened again today, and I was even more irritated to discover my backup card wasn’t in the car. Rather than head back home, IContinue reading “No camera for birds? No problem – switch to wildflowers!”