Northern flickers – The Jersey Birder

Migration joy: a Northern harrier appears at the Pole Farm

A Northern harrier leans forward while perched atop a small tree with green leaves.

I’d been waiting for the moment. As my friend Jim and I worked our way up the central path from the Pole Farm parking lot, I looked to my left and spotted a big blob far across the field. Sitting atop a small tree was a Northern harrier, as I quickly concluded by looking throughContinue reading “Migration joy: a Northern harrier appears at the Pole Farm”

Bobolinks abound at Alpha Grasslands Preserve

A bobolink turns its head while perched atop a green shrub. The bird's head is mostly tan with a yellow beak, and the breast is yellow below a streaky brown neck.

I’m plodding along on my quest to go birding in all 21 of New Jersey’s counties, and today I registered No. 14. My pal Jim and I drove north along the Delaware River to visit the Alpha Grasslands Preserve in Warren County. Google Maps took us to a trailhead on Oberly Road, where a signContinue reading “Bobolinks abound at Alpha Grasslands Preserve”