Photographs
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 [...]
Saw Seal, Photographed Same
Friday, March 14th, 2008Bill 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 one up so far? Keep a watch and contact us if you see it or [...]