Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

September 6, 2016

Pix from Sunday’s Losen Slote Walk

Comma or Question Mark? That was just one of the beguiling yet punctual queries posed on Sunday's BCAS/NJSEA walk at Losen Slote Park in Little Ferry. (Answer: ?) Other pressing questions included:

Was Joe Koscielny pointing at a Red-tailed Hawk, or the Wild Turducken he saw in the Celery Farm on April 1?

What kind of fritillary made a guest appearance?

And…

What is one of the most frequently mis-ID'd birds on BCAS walks?

Full list follows.

Meadowlands IBA–Losen Slote Creek Park, Bergen, New Jersey, US
Sep 4, 2016 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
20 species

Red-tailed Hawk
Double-crested Cormorant (seen by George Reskakis and me)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Wood Thrush
Veery (seen by Chris Takacs)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch