Highland Park Environment

birds

The Early Bird Gets the Nest

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

The 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, [...]

Spring Birds in Local Parks

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

The 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 [...]

Great Backyard Bird Count Great For Highland Park

Friday, March 14th, 2008

During the Great Bird Count 2008 Hainesport birders led New Jersey in the number of bird counts reported (67 lists), followed in the number two and three spots by Highland Park (44 lists) and East Brunswick (48 lists). In number of species, Highland Park gained one (reaching 44 species) compared to last year (43 species). [...]