Focus on the Meadowlands: Cuckoo Close-up, Green Heron, Sunset on the Hackensack
Photos courtesy of Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
by Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
This is a close-up of a young Black-billed Cuckoo, banded by NJMC Naturalist Mike Newhouse and his crew of volunteers last Friday. The team banded more than 300 birds by Harrier Meadow on Thursday.
We saw Mr. Green hanging out in a tree by the NJMC’s soon-to-open River Barge Park in Carlstadt.
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s last pontoon boat cruise was last Thursday night – featuring several great birds, including a Northern Harrier and an up-close Peregrine Falcon. This shot of the jack-knife bridge on the Hackensack River was taken a few seconds after sunset. We start again next May.
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.
Previous Stories:
Previous Stories:
- Focus on the Meadowlands: Bird's Eye View, Paddlers' Delight, Hungry Osprey
- Focus on the Meadowlands: A Bird in the Hand, an Avocet, and a New Park
- Focus on the Meadowlands: American Kestrel, Grasshopper, Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Focus on the Meadowlands: Young Foster's Tern, Clear-winged Moth, Banded Yellow-breasted Chat
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 10/12/2011 6:00 AM 
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: black-billed cuckoo harrier meadow green heron pontoon boat cruise nj meadowlands commission
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: black-billed cuckoo harrier meadow green heron pontoon boat cruise nj meadowlands commission
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