October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
My latest column for The Record is all about the soon-to-take-off Broad-wing migration at our region's three most popular hawk watches — in Alpine, Montclair and nearby Warwick, N.Y.
The big Broad-wing count day for the hawk watches should be late next week or so.
The expanded column features a terrific photo of a Broad-wing by the incomparable Kevin Watson and a quote by the legendary Stiles Thomas, who founded Warwick's Mount Peter Hawk Watch in 1958.
The link to the column is here.
You can learn more about the State Line Hawk Watch in Alpine here.
You can learn more about the Montclair Hawk Lookout here.
You can learn more about the Mount Peter Hawk Watch here.