Archive for May, 2008
What is Your Favorite Nature Spot?
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Highland Park has a lot of nature in this area. Donaldson Park, the Rutgers Ecological Preserve, the Native Plant Reserve, the Meadows, and Rutgers Gardens, which is close to Highland Park, are a few. Can you tell us by leaving a comment about your favorite spot? What animals, birds, plants have you [...]
The Early Bird Gets the Nest
Friday, May 23rd, 2008The first bird to nest directly on Highland Park’s Eugene Young Environmental Education Center (NJ) chose a quite visible spot (see photo at left) on the raucous green solar roof structure. Actually, the structure is not yet truly solar: we need to find a grant to install the intended solar panels. But to the bird, [...]
Street Fair in Highland Park
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Today is the annual street fair in Highland Park. Both the Shade Tree Advisory Committee and the Environmental Commission were represented.
Here’s the booth for STAC, with plants for sale and free tree saplings.
And here’s Arnold Henderson, who can tell you all about the environment in Highland Park:
Spring Birds in Local Parks
Thursday, May 15th, 2008The spring birds have finally arrived along the Raritan River and in the local parks (Donaldson and Johnson) and the winter birds have departed.The colorful mergansers (common, red breasted, and hooded) have flown north (although a laggard common merganser was seen last week in the river). Similarly, the occasional bufflehead and goldeneye are gone. The [...]
Where to Buy Native Plants
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Question: Where is the best place to buy native plants to put into your own garden?
Answer: See the list of suppliers posted by the Native Plant Society of New Jersey at http://www.npsnj.org/sources_native_plants.htm