Nature Done Wright

My “Bird Watcher” column in today’s Record is all about Bergen County Audubon’s Bald Eagle Festival, coming Sunday, January 11.

Here’s a sample:

What better way to ring in the new year than to celebrate our nation’s symbol, the bald eagle?

If you’re lucky, you might see one of these majestic birds when you take a walk today, but the efforts begin in earnest on Jan.11. That’s when the Bergen County Audubon Society holds its Bald Eagle Festival at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s free and open to all.

The events include eagle-eyed bird walks at 11:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., a talk about Al and Alice (North Jersey’s celebrated eagles), a seminar on how to photograph eagles, and an awards presentation featuring nature photographer Kevin Karlson and ornithologist Tina Morris, author of “Return to the Sky,” the inside story of how bald eagles were saved from the brink of extinction.

Also featured: live raptors from the Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, information tables, children’s activities and live music. 

If you subscribe to the paper, you can also read it on-line here, with a photo gallery by Tariq Zehawi:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2026/01/02/celebrate-us-symbol-at-north-jersey-bald-eagle-festival/87905608007