birds
How many birds does it take to fly through Highland Park? Let’s count. Feb. 13-16
Monday, February 9th, 2009Citizen Science is becoming a big thing, with thousands participating. Next chance is February 13-16 for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Basically you have four days. You can go to your backyard or any number of parks (or anywhere) any number of times. Submit to the web site Birdsource.
Pine Siskin – An Unusual Bird
Friday, February 6th, 2009boreal Pine Siskins in Highland Park
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, [...]
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 [...]
Great Backyard Bird Count Great For Highland Park
Friday, March 14th, 2008During the Great Backyard 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 East Brunswick (48 lists) and Highland Park (44 lists). Last year we were number one in the state. In number of species, though, Highland Park [...]