In my latest newspaper column, "The Bird Watcher," I write about taking the plunge and keeping a bird list

   This Wood Duck nesting box had lost its bottom, and had a split side panel, so ace carpenter Ken

   Marsh Warden Mike Limatola, Ken Buxton and Chip McGrath have been doing the annual Wood Duck nesting box maintenance

    This mystery bird (above), which comes by way of a birder in Dumont, has challenged some of the state's

   Dyana Z. Furmansky, who wrote the recent excellent biography of Rosalie Edge — the woman who saved Hawk Mountain's

     One day earlier this month, bird after bird started to land on a Wood Duck nesting box near my

   Thanks to all who steered me to the adult Redheaded Woodpecker in Oradell by the Waterworks Conservancy site.  The

   Instead of taking the needle-shedding Christmas tree to the town recycling center to be wood-chipped, I hauled it out

      At 8:40 this morning, I watched from my window as a pair of Red Foxes hightailed (and lowtailed) it

   As I sat at my dining room table and looked out toward the Celery Farm at 7:20 today, I