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Wild Turkeys at Flatrock Brook Nature Center

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Flatrock Brook is in the the city of Englewood, New Jersey, just across the George Washington Bridge from New York City. There is a flock of Wild Turkeys that strut around like they own the place and they might very well be right. Keep an eye out for gobblers and enjoy their strutting show!

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. I don’t believe, but this is subject to correction, that the wild and domestic Turkey were ever called by different binomials. Photograph of a Wild Turkey at Flatrock Brook Nature Center, in Englewood, New Jersey, by Corey. And it isn’t.

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An Early Spring Day Birding Sandy Hook, New Jersey

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We were four intrepid birders heading out of New York City to the wilds of New Jersey for birds, birds and more birds. ” Sandy Hook, our destination, is park of Gateway National Recreation Area like many of my favorite New York City birding locations. .” We saw far too many Turkey Vultures.

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New Jersey’s Pine Barrens Are Not At All Barren

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The pine barrens of New Jersey look rather plain and boring if you only see them while driving past on the Garden State Parkway or New Jersey Turnpike. By the time urban and suburban sprawl started to reach New Jersey’s pine barrens they were largely protected and today over 1.1

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What is a Titmouse?

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bicolor ), like the Red-bellied Woodpecker and Turkey Vulture , has expanded its range dramatically to penetrate northern reaches. A half-century ago, this species might have been restricted to Iowa or New Jersey, but now it can be found throughout New England and even south-eastern Canada. The Tufted Titmouse ( B.

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The Grand Old Hawkwatch of the South

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There’s Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania, of course, and that little known Cape May place in New Jersey, not to mention others like Fort Smallwood in Maryland and even Fort Tilden in Queens, New York, which gets some press on the occasions that Corey swings by. It’s an incredible thing to watch.

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Bird Migration and Conservation Meet at Selva Bananito, Costa Rica

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We might not get the variety of a New Jersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. Check the nearest fruiting fig and you would be hard pressed not to find a few Red-eyed Vireos , Summer Tanagers , Baltimore Orioles , Swainson’s Thrushes , and a Scarlet Tanager or two.