Like so many, I am saddened by the passing of  Jill Homcy. a friend of nature, raptor lover and all-around terrific person.

I saw Jill at many Bergen County Audubon walks in the Meadowlands and at the State Line Hawk Watch, and admired her work with the Ridgefield Park Bald Eagle nest.

She cared.

(Above is a photo of Jill receiving an award from Bergen County Audubon Socisty President Don Torino. Below is a loon photo of Jill's that she let me used with a "Bird Watcher" column a few years back. Her video of three eaglets in the Ridgefield Park nest is below that.)

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