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Montclair Hawk Lookout Update: Nov 3rd – 30th, 2021

As is typical at Montclair, November was the slowest month this season, with the bulk of migrants composed of Turkey Vultures and Red-shouldered Hawks. The latter did not seem to accompany the former as they frequently did in October, but instead, often appeared to materialize suddenly out of thin air,…...

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Birding Cape May Point – December 4, 2021

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 50° F Winds:  NE 5 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy The State Park ponds are currently hosting a large variety and number of ducks and they all looked beautiful in this morning’s warm sunlight. The male Eurasian Wigeon is still on Lighthouse Pond. Two…...

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What Does “Old-Growth” Really Mean? It depends – Example 1, Hutcheson Memorial Forest (Installment 3 of 6)

One site identified by Davis in her book, Old Growth in the East: A Survey (1993) as possible old growth, was the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest (HMF). This 65-acre predominantly oak forest is in central New Jersey and owned by Rutgers University. When Rutgers acquired the forest in the…...

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