Don Torino's Column: Your Backyard Jungle
August 28, 2019
Don Torino's recent Meadowblog column about exploring your own backyard is worth a read.
The link is here.
Don Torino's recent Meadowblog column about exploring your own backyard is worth a read.
The link is here.
This nature-art museum is awesome -- and local.
A nice NJN video I happened upon -- featuring Blauvelt Museum board president Jim Bellis and artist Kathy Sheeter.
More on the museum here.
Sorry for the rude photo, but I wonder if anyone has any advice regarding this backyard squirrel, which appears to have a nasty wound on its back.
I thought it might be mange but it looks more like an open sore.
For the past few nesting seasons, the celebrated (and endangered) Red-shouldered Hawks of Allendale and nearby Ramsey have done a disappearing act when nesting.
Many folks would see them flying with nesting material and (later) prey, but the whereabouts of the nest remained a mystery. I looked high and low, to no avail.
Then I got a tip. The Red-shoulders had nested successfully once more.
The homeowners confirmed that the nest has been active the past few years, but asked that I keep the location a secret.
I have -- but I did write a column about it, in The Record's Better Living section today. I was also fortunate to get some photos of a parent flying from the nest and a nestling shortly before it fledged.
Their secret is safe.
You can preview or download the Red-shoulder column here:
Download Bird Watcher Jim Wright 082219 TheRecordBergenEdition_20190822_BL03_0
(With the help of a few birder friends, I did a free e-book about Allendale's Red-shoulders several years ago. You can download it here or read a hard copy at the Allendale Library.)