Maybe see you there?

Last fall, Don Torino and I wrote an Opinion article about the perils of rat poison for The Record. You can read it here:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/2022/09/02/nj-birds-are-threatened-by-rat-poison/65468870007/

In 2011, I put together a free eBook about Red-shouldered Hawks and their fascinating history in Allendale.

You can download it free by going to:

https://www.fykenature.org/about.php

and, on the right side of the page, clicking on Survival.

I get to see Snow Geese so rarely -- and almost never on the ground -- that it was a treat to receive the above photo from David Hackbarth.

He took the photo in his yard along the Wanaque River in Pompton Lakes last week.

Last I checked, it had not been reported on eBird in Passaic County this year, and only once (at Parsons Pond on New Year's Day) in Bergen.

For more about Snow Geese, click here:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snow_Goose/id

(Thanks, David!)

Saw this in an online auction with a $1,200 starting bid. What is the bird?

One of Allendale's Red-shouldered Hawks stopped by again to:

• Wish a happy 2023 to everyone.
• Remind me to let folks know I will be doing a Zoom talk for the Bergen County Audubon Society about the Red-shouldered Hawks of Allendale and beyond on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
• With a few vintage Stiles Thomas pix for his many fans.

Click here for more info on the Zoom talk:

https://bergencountyaudubon.org/events/