Recent Posts Tagged With 'weis ecology center'

• Ever want to be in a World Series?

  Posted on Tuesday May 6th, 2008 at 01:48 in fundraiser, event, migration, competition, birding, team, local schmocal, nj audubon, weis ecology center, world series of birding, century run, passaic pewees

  A few years ago, some friends and I participated in New Jersey Audubon’s World Series of Birding and it was a hoot! (Get it? Hoot. Nudge, nudge. Eye rolling…Oh, never mind….) It is a competition and fundraising event. We were on the Passa...

• Birding weekend- Day 2, Garret Mountain

  Posted on Sunday May 4th, 2008 at 17:57 in migration, bird, birding, bird watching, may, fieldtrip, weis ecology center, garret mountain, nj migrant trap

  With the warblers dripping from the trees, it was hard to leave the City (notice how it is always capitalized like it is the only one) yesterday but after walking for 5 hours and craning my neck all day, I was bushed. (Does that make me a birding li...

• Eagle Day at Beech Road

  Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 04:58 in north, migration, birds, birding, nj, birdwatching, local schmocal, weis ecology center, monksville reservoir, birdwalk

  I stamped my waterlogged sneakers on the frosty grass.  It was another 30-degree morning on Beech Road.  I had rifled around in the car and found a fleece vest that I had neglected to put away.  I put it on under my coat and over my blouse and swe...

• Beech Road Bird Walk

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 18:11 in north, walk, migration, bird, birds, nj, morning, thursday, local schmocal, weis ecology center, monksville reservoir

  With only a cursory look at the shoreline, we headed off to the woods with its inviting green blush of tiny leaves.  The light shining through was translucent and limey, like a long drink of a margarita on a hot day-tangy, refreshing, relaxing but a...

• Thursday Morning Bird Walks

  Posted on Friday April 18th, 2008 at 06:55 in migration, volunteering, birds, birding, volunteer, morning, local schmocal, bird walk, nj audubon, weis ecology center

  I lagged behind; dazzled by fuzzy willow catkins glowing in the pale morning light while the rest of the group went ahead. It was a cold but not frosty morning on Beech Road. Monksville Reservoir was flat and still with only one boat of fisherman t...