Focus on the Meadowlands: Sunflowers, Waxwing Portrait, Praying Mantis Seed Casing
Photo Credit: Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
by Jim Wright, The N.J. Meadowlands Commission
I thought I’d try to brighten up the last day of November with this shot of Sunflowers on the old Erie Landfill from October. I was trying to get a photo of an American Kestrel hunting but these guys got in the way.
A flock of Cedar Waxwings descended on the Crabapples in DeKorte Park’s Lyndhurst Nature Reserve last week. This guy stayed still long enough to have his portrait taken.
On a recent walk with the NJMC and Bergen Audubon at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus, we came across several Praying Mantis egg cases – many had been placed on old Mile-a-Minute vines. Go figure.
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 11/30/2011 7:00 AM 
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: sunflowers waxwing DeKorte Park american kestrel praying mantis
Categories: Focus on the Meadowlands
Tags: sunflowers waxwing DeKorte Park american kestrel praying mantis
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