Category Archives: Photographs

The Early Bird Gets the Nest

Posted on May 23, 2008 by arnold

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 … Continue reading →

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Street Fair in Highland Park

Posted on May 18, 2008 by leora

Today 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 … Continue reading →

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Spring Birds in Local Parks

Posted on May 15, 2008 by allan

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 … Continue reading →

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Saw Seal, Photographed Same

Posted on March 14, 2008 by arnold

Bill Bonner has sent us a photograph of a harbor seal he saw in the Raritan by South Bound Brook. After posing briefly, the seal swam down toward New Brunswick and Highland Park. Is the river getting cleaner to attract … Continue reading →

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