I think that my latest "Bird Watcher" column in The Record may be my best -- because readers wrote about their most memorable birding moments and I sort of stayed on the sidelines.

My biggest regret -- Diane Brown wrote a great essay on the subject, but it was just too long to include. I was unable to fit a few other nice recollections as well. My apologies to all.

As it is, I really condensed many of the submissions in an effort to get as many of them into print as possible. The photo above is of a Mandarin Duck in North Bergen, photographed by Icram Khalil.

The link is here.

Happy holidays!