My latest column for The Record and other USA Today papers in New Jersey is an appreciation of grackles.  Yeah,

For the longest time, a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird would show up at the feeder a few times around dusk. More

Heard a report of a Little Blue Heron at a small pond north of Lake Appert. Did not see any

When I was at DeKorte Park recently, I saw a lot of plastic bottles hanging from trees. What are they

Thanks to Julie McCall, was able to get this shot of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo (a nemesis bird, no less!) at

The aggressive Red-winged Blackbird protecting a nest in the field by Phairs Pond has calmed down, and I don't think

Lynn McKenzie took this shot of an  Wild Turkey with one of her young perched in the Celery Farm this

I realized recently that it has been approximately two decades since endangered Red-shouldered Hawks have nested in Allendale and nearby

Is it just me, or are there far fewer skippers (except Silver-spotted Skippers) in the region this year? Have seen

On Monday I asked: What critter made these tracks last week in the Celery Farm? Charlie West guessed Sasquatch. Deb