Focus on the Meadowlands: Milkweed Seed, Atop an old Landfill, Orange Crown
Photos courtesy of Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
by Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
As the last of the Monarchs and Common Buckeyes migrate past the Meadowlands, we are getting ready for next year – dispersing Common Milkweed seeds and giving DeKorte Park’s Jill Ann Ziemkiewicz Memorial Butterfly Garden a fresh coat of paint and varnish. The milkweed seeds were donated by the Bergen County Audubon Society.
We saw these wildflowers growing atop the closed Erie landfill in North Arlington – against the backdrop of Manhattan. American Kestrels and Northern Harriers use the landfill as a prime hunting ground.
A few of us are lucky enough to see an Orange-crowned Warbler now and then. When NJMC Naturalist Mike Newhouse and his crew of volunteers banded one of the guys, we were able to see – and photograph – the crown itself.
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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- Focus on the Meadowlands: Cuckoo Close-up, Green Heron, Sunset on the Hackensack
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 11/2/2011 12:00 PM 
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: milkweed monarch common buckeyes DeKorte Park Bergen County Audubon Society wildflowers orange crowned warbler
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: milkweed monarch common buckeyes DeKorte Park Bergen County Audubon Society wildflowers orange crowned warbler
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