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August 16, 2024
By Jim Wright

If You Find a Dead Raptor…

Earlier this month,  I got a text from Bergen County Audubon's Don Torino about two dead Red-Tailed Hawks in Tenafly.

August 15, 2024
By Jim Wright

My column: Emily the Birder

Emily the Birder hopes to see her 200th bird species this month. Photo by Jim Wright My latest column for

August 14, 2024
By Jim Wright

State Line Lookout: Calm Before the Storm

The official State Line Hawk Watch begins on Tuesday, Sept. 5, and runs through Friday, Nov. 15. When I was

August 12, 2024
By Jim Wright

What Is This Great Blue Heron Doing?

Alan Pomerantz took the above shot of a Great Blue Heron at yesterday's weekly Hour on the Tower bird-watching mini-extravaganza

August 7, 2024
By Jim Wright

‘Screech Owl Companion’ on NPR

Next Tuesday, Scott Weston and I will talk about screech owls on Bird Calls, a monthly radio show about birds

August 5, 2024
By Jim Wright

Monthly Monday Mystery: August

Short on time lately, so thought I'd turn the Monday Morning Mystery into a Monthly Monday Mystery. A friend suggested

August 1, 2024
By Jim Wright

My Column: State Line Peregrine Update

  One of this year's juveniles practicing flying along the Hudson River Palisades. Photo by Kevin Watson My latest column

July 29, 2024
By Jim Wright

Two New Library ‘Bookworms’

  Now on view at the Lee Memorial Library are a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar (above left) and what we think

July 29, 2024
By Jim Wright

Wood Duck Box Update

A male wood duck takes a swim at the Celery Farm Nature Preserve.  Credit: Photo by Jerry Barrack   I

July 29, 2024
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery

    Noticed this small statue in the Celery Farm recently. What is it?