Focus on the Meadowlands: American Kestrel, Grasshopper, Gray-cheeked Thrush
Photos courtesy of Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
by Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
American Kestrels have been hanging out by Harrier Meadow of late, working the sides of the closed Erie Landfill for grasshoppers and dragonflies. The kestrel above is perched on the former landfill’s netting.
We saw this Kestrel Happy Meal on the butterfly walk during this year’s Meadowlands Festival of Birding. We had good bugs and good birds – including a Bald Eagle, the continuing American Avocet, Sharpies, Peregrines and those hungry Kestrels. Despite all the bad weather in recent weeks, we’re still getting Clear-winged Moths at the Butterfly Garden in DeKorte Park.
Meadowlands Commission naturalist Mike Newhouse banded this bird of the day – a Gray-cheeked Thrush — during the bird banding demonstration at Harrier Meadow for BirdFest earlier this month.
Jim Wright writes, photographs, maintains a nature blog (www.meadowblog.net) and does slide shows and walks for the N.J. Meadowlands Commission. "Focus on the Meadowlands" features some of his recent photos of the area's natural wonders.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/23/2011 6:00 AM 
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: American kestrel grasshopper gray-cheeked thrush DeKorte Meadowlands
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: American kestrel grasshopper gray-cheeked thrush DeKorte Meadowlands
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