July 22, 2026
A New Facebook Campaign
I recently started a new Facebook page for Protect Our Wildlife and Pets, an ad hoc coalition formed to address…
Seymour Drakes notes that things are really hopping at DeKorte Park in the Meadowlands.
His so-called friend Jim Wright got lucky and photographed a rare bird called a Wheatear — an apparent first for Bergen County.
The resultant influx of great birders to see the Wheatear (above, photo courtesy of the NJ Meadowlands Commission) has touched off a lot of other cool sightings, including Golden Plover, immature Glossy Ibis, Soras, and hundreds of egrets and yellowlegs.
Link to the Meadowlands Nature Blog and Wheatear posts is here.