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February 20, 2011
By Jim Wright

Great Backyard Bird Count

Participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count yesterday and came up with five new species for my backyard year list

February 19, 2011
By Jim Wright

Celery Farm: Ice, Teevees, Mergs

The trails at the Celery Farm are currently icy and treacherous. A walk to the Scout Platform netted several Hooded

February 18, 2011
By Jim Wright

DeKorte Park Duck Map

If you're planning to visit DeKorte Park in the Meadowlands soon, check out a new "duck map" that will give

February 18, 2011
By Jim Wright

Editorial: Going to Bat for Bats

The Record has a strong editorial today pushing for a better federal response to the serious decline in bats, some

February 18, 2011
By Jim Wright

Backyard Bird Count: Quick Update

Things are vert slow at my feeders this morning, and Lake Appert is still frozen. All I have so far

February 18, 2011
By Jim Wright

Today Begins Great Backyard Bird Count

The nationwide Great Backyard Bird Count runs today through Monday. Learn more about it here. You can spend as little

February 17, 2011
By Jim Wright

My Latest Column: All About Chickadees!

My latest "Bird Watcher" column in The Record is all about Black-capped Chickadees, including an abbreviated section about how to

February 16, 2011
By Jim Wright

Choosing the Right Birding Buddy: Part 2

Don Torino has a nice sequel to his online column about birding buddies on wildnj.tv.  Link is here.

February 15, 2011
By Jim Wright

Mystery Revealed

Congrats to all who took a lucky guess and said that the mystery was bare ground. That's right! This is

February 14, 2011
By Jim Wright

Happy Valentine’s Day!

A heart-felt thank you to Sally Teschon for this wonderful photo.