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February 18, 2025
By Jim Wright

Great News about Lorrimer Sanctuary

I am a big fan of the Lorrimer Sanctuary in Franklin Lakes, and thought I'd pass along this great news

February 17, 2025
By Jim Wright

Urgent: Help Block This Pro-Pesticide Effort

Hardy Kern, Director of Government Relations for  The American Bird Conservancy writes:   A group of Attorneys General are petitioning

February 17, 2025
By Jim Wright

Another Great Monday Mystery

This mystery is courtesy of a friend who brought it home from abroad. What is the object on the right,

February 14, 2025
By Jim Wright

Happy Valentine’s Day!

When I filled the feeders this morning, I added a heart-shaped seed cake that had been sitting around. (That's the

February 13, 2025
By Jim Wright

My Column: Great Backyard Bird Count

Cardinals are always winter crowd-pleasers. Photo credit: Mike Bailey, Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library  This week's column is all

February 10, 2025
By Jim Wright

Monday Mystery 021025

This is the third and final FDR mystery — from the wallpaper in one of the rooms in the mansion

February 6, 2025
By Jim Wright

A Terrific Birding Streak

A year and half ago, I wrote my "Bird Watcher" column about Marc Chelemer of Tenafly, who had been birding

February 4, 2025
By Jim Wright

Green Way Trail Closed

This from Marsh Warden Mike Limatola: The trail running through the Green Way Field, up to the deer exclosure, has

February 4, 2025
By Jim Wright

Birdy 30 Contest Results

A big thank you to all who participated in this past weekend's Birdy 30 Contest. The winners, in a tie:

February 3, 2025
By Jim Wright

Monday Mystery 020325

  Here's another mystery from FDR's taxidermied bird collection, located in his lifelong home in Hyde Park, NY. This guy