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  • Birding Cape May Point – February 20, 2021

    February 22, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 28° F Winds: NW 25mph Weather Conditions: clear/windy Today’s walk reminded me once again why we get up early on a cold winter’s morning…

  • Commitment to Safe and Welcoming Access to Nature for All

    February 22, 2021 Chris Neff NJ Audubon

  • Snapshots in History: Black Environmentalists

    February 18, 2021 Rita Yelda Government Relations

    By Kip Le Warn, Engagement Coordinator, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed To celebrate Black History Month this February, take some time to learn about historical figures and groups in…

  • Longtails in Love – February 13, 2021

    February 16, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Janet Crawford Temp: ° F Winds: Weather Conditions: light rain/frozen mix   Avalon – 8th St. Jetty – Avalon Seawatch – 10:05 am 4 species Species Count…

  • Birding Cape May Point – February 13, 2021

    February 16, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 28° F Winds: NE 5-15 mph Weather Conditions: light rain/frozen mix Despite a light but persistent drizzle, interesting birds showed up for the walk…

  • Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – February 7, 2021

    February 8, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Ruth Bergstrom, Eileen Mathers Temp: 39° F Winds: NW 12 mph Weather Conditions: steady rain 25 species Species Count Gadwall 6 Mallard 3 Green-winged Teal 20 Hooded Merganser 7…

  • Birding Cape May Point – February 6, 2021

    February 8, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn Temp: 42° F Winds: SW 10-15 mph Weather Conditions: Sunny The Point was quite birdy this morning with lots of feeding robins, house finches and cedar waxwings.…

  • What is, and Why, Femelschlag

    February 4, 2021 John Parke NJ AudubonStewardship

    There is no such thing as a “Shade-Loving” plant, plain and simple. In elementary school we learned about photosynthesis. Remember photosynthesis? The essential process of how plants, (except holoparasitic or…

  • Birding Cape May Point – January 30, 2021

    January 31, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 17° F Winds: NW 5-8 mph Weather Conditions: Sunny With subfreezing temperatures overnight, the lakes and ponds are mostly ice-covered, so ducks and swans…

  • Northern Bobwhite Restoration Initiative Published in Journal of Wildlife Management!

    January 29, 2021 John Parke Bobwhite RestorationNJ AudubonStewardship

    In the February 2021 edition of The Wildlife Society’s prestigious Journal of Wildlife Management, the first of several research papers associated with the Northern Bobwhite Restoration Initiative will be published.…

  • Brigantine and Mott’s Creek Special Field Trip – January 24, 2021

    January 26, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Janet Crawford, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Kyle Chelius Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:   Edwin B. Forsythe WMA (formerly Brig) – 1:34 PM 27 species Species Count Snow Goose 600…

  • Triangle Park: A Small Important Wildlife Haven

    January 25, 2021 Steven Garcia NJ AudubonStewardship

  • The Best of Winter Birding – Eagles, Owls, Ducks and More!

    January 21, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

  • Birding Cape May Point – January 16, 2021

    January 19, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn and Bernie Hodgdon Temp: 43° F Winds: W 5-15 mph Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy The variety of ducks at the State Park is always good in the…

  • Calling All Young Birders

    January 14, 2021 Chris Neff NJ AudubonYoung Birders

  • Birding the Meadows – January 11, 2021

    January 12, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard, Adehl Schwaderer, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions: Very nice but quiet morning. Good looks at Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk and Red-shouldered Hawk. Lots of…

  • Coastal Birding at Stone Harbor Point – January 9, 2021

    January 12, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard Temp: 42° F Winds: 9-14 mph NW Weather Conditions:   Stone Harbor Point – 12:44pm 21 species Species Count Common Eider 1 Surf…

  • Birding Cape May Point – January 9, 2021

    January 9, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsNJ AudubonView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Kyle Chelius Temp: 32° F Winds: 15-20 mph NNW Weather Conditions: Sunny Ponds and feeders held the birds on this windy, cold day. There are…

  • Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – January 3, 2021

    January 6, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Ruth Bergstrom, MJ Roache Temp: 42° – 49° F Winds: 9 mph NE Weather Conditions: Steady rain and wind   24 species Species Count Canada Goose 2 Mute Swan…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – December & Season Summary

    January 6, 2021 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Hi everyone!  We’ve come to the end of another Seawatch season! This December has been somewhat slow, so rather than give a day-by-day breakdown, I’ll just point out some highlights…

  • Birding Cape May Point – January 2, 2021

    January 5, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: 10-15 NE Weather Conditions: Cloudy, on and off drizzle Though it was great to see a variety of ducks, including the American Coot…

  • Kick Off Your Year List – January 1, 2021

    January 5, 2021 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Alan Crawford Temp: 45° Winds: 5-10 WNW Weather Conditions: Overcast, rain starting early afternoon   Cape May Point State Park – Hawkwatch Platform…

  • New Jersey Audubon and Mars Wrigley Partner in Water and Wildlife Conservation

    December 21, 2020 John Parke NJ AudubonStewardship

    With assistance from New Jersey Audubon, Mars Wrigley  recently enrolled into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to shape a better world by protecting…

  • Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons – December 13, 2020

    December 14, 2020 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Mary Watkins, MJ Roache, Bernie Hodgdon Temp: Winds: Weather Conditions:   Beautiful morning at Sunset Beach and the Magnesite plant…hard to believe it’s mid-December! Highlights included black and surf…

  • Harlequin Romance – December 12, 2020

    December 14, 2020 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Melissa Roach Temp: 57F Winds: South winds 10-13mph (gusts up to 22) Weather Conditions: Cloudy, cool, and windy. The day started with dark, overcast skies with a period of heavy fog, but…

  • Birding Cape May Point – December 12, 2020

    December 14, 2020 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn, Kyle Chelius Temp: 50° F Winds: S 0-5 mph Weather Conditions: cloudy   45 species Species Count Canada Goose 15 Mute Swan 45 Tundra Swan 3 Northern…

  • MONTCLAIR HAWKWATCH UPDATE – Late Season Summary

    December 8, 2020 Melissa Roach Montclair HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    The second half of this unique 2020 season had its share of challenges but was also a boon of amazing observations. Bad weather continued through the last two weeks of…

  • Birding Cape May Point – December 5, 2020

    December 8, 2020 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Kathy Horn Temp: 42° F Winds: NW 30-35 mph Weather Conditions: Rain – Light to Heavy   44 species Species Count Canada Goose 18 Mute Swan 65 Tundra Swan…

  • Monarch Quilt Silent Auction

    December 7, 2020 Brett Ewald Monarch MonitoringView From The Cape

    SILENT AUCTION! This handmade quilt with a monarch butterfly motif has been donated to the Cape May Bird Observatory’s Monarch Monitoring Project to help raise funds for the project.  The…

  • Brigantine and Mott’s Creek Special Field Trip 11/28/20

    December 4, 2020 Jessica Schera CMBO Field Trip ReportsView From The Cape

    Leaders: Chris Marks, Barb Bassett, and Mary Watkins Temp: 54° F – 58° F Winds: West 2-10 mph Weather Conditions: partly cloudy   44 species Species Count Brant 2500 Canada…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – Nov 20th to 30th

    December 4, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    That’s all she wrote. The 2020 Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik, is officially finished and in the books. Stayed tuned to the end of this post for the…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – Nov. 11th to Nov. 24th

    December 4, 2020 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    This period started off slow but ramped up into quite a busy two weeks! Wednesday the 11th was overall slow, with a little over 1000 gannets and over 150 Laughing…

  • MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – Winter Finch Invasion

    December 2, 2020 Melissa Roach Morning FlightNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    With late-November upon us and the 2020 morning flight count in the books, I’ve been meaning to post about the last few weeks of the season.  An incredible early season…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – November 13th to19th

    November 19, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Wind was the name of the game this week at the Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik. Almost every day saw sustained winds at 20mph and even up to…

  • Reflecting on Successful Advocacy:  NJ’s Comprehensive Plastics Law

    November 18, 2020 Rita Yelda Government Relations

    By Dini Checko, Project Director, ANJEC; Sandra Meola, Director, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed; and Alex Ambrose, Policy Associate, ANJEC It’s official. New Jersey is now home to the…

  • Building a Trans-Inclusive Workplace

    November 17, 2020 Rita Yelda Government Relations

    By Olivia Le Warn, Engagement Coordinator, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed November 13th-19th is Transgender Awareness Week, followed by Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th. Transgender Awareness Week…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – November 4th to 10th

    November 17, 2020 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    While we have passed our scoter peak, this week still brought plenty of scoter and increasing numbers of gannets and loons. The 4th was dominated by gannets, with 4716 southbound…

  • Stewardship and Community Engagement in Cape May

    November 16, 2020 Steven Garcia Cape May PointNJ AudubonStewardship

    Cape May is a place with many titles, a community known for its pristine beaches, history, beautiful architecture, and diverse offerings of food and drink. To others, the Cape May…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – November 6th to 12th

    November 13, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    This week felt more like September than November at the Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik. Every day this week we saw above average temperatures with dew points in…

  • The 2020 Women in Conservation Leadership Summit: An Intentional Shift to Racial Equity & Justice

    November 12, 2020 Rita Yelda Government Relations

    By Rita Yelda, Outreach & Communications Manager, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed Despite COVID-19 preventing an in-person Women in Conservation Leadership Summit this year, the National Wildlife Federation’s team…

  • MONARCH MONITORING PROJECT – November Monarchs

    November 11, 2020 Melissa Roach Monarch MonitoringNJ AudubonView From The Cape

    Our field season runs from September 1 to October 31, and in some years, we see very few monarchs after about October 20. Big numbers of migrating monarchs arrive to…

  • The Passing of a Great Man

    November 10, 2020 Chris Neff NJ Audubon

  • Birders’ Bucket List Bash!

    November 9, 2020 Chris Neff NJ Audubon

  • MONARCH MONITORING PROJECT – Results of the 2020 Census

    November 7, 2020 Melissa Roach Monarch MonitoringNJ Audubon

    Perhaps the most important parts of the Cape May Monarch Monitoring Project is the census that we conduct.  Our census is modification of a technique known as a “Pollard Transect,”…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – October 30th to November 5th

    November 6, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    The Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik, is two-thirds finished and the final month of the autumn season is now underway. More on that later. October, as a whole,…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – October 28th to November 3rd

    November 5, 2020 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Our peak scoter movement continues from last week!  Read on to see the day-by-day breakdown, but Halloween was especially notable, with over 68,000 birds, the largest day I have counted…

  • MONARCH MONITORING PROJECT – Season Wrap Up

    November 3, 2020 Melissa Roach Monarch MonitoringNJ AudubonView From The Cape

    The 2020 Field Season for the Monarch Monitoring Project wrapped up on Saturday, October 31 — our field season runs from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 each year.  We have…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – October 21st to 27th

    November 3, 2020 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    The scoters have arrived!  Massive scoter movement dominated this week, culminating in a 20,000+ bird day, a 35,000 bird day, two 40,000+ bird days, and a 50,000 bird day; back-to-back,…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – October 23rd to 29th

    October 30, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Yet another week of unsettled weather at the Cape May Hawkwatch sponsored by Swarovski Optik. It seemed like each day produced a unique suite of weather conditions ranging from rainy…

  • MONTCLAIR HAWKWATCH UPDATE – October 13th to 16th

    October 29, 2020 Melissa Roach Montclair HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    The weather was tough this week with Monday and Friday being washed out and Tuesday’s count being delayed; however, migration continued and our cast of characters shifted a bit to…

  • MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – October 18th

    October 28, 2020 Melissa Roach Morning FlightNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    It’s really looking like fall in Cape May with leaves changing, temps dropping, and winter species arriving. The overall trend this fall continued as consistent cold fronts brought northwest winds…

  • MONTCLAIR HAWKWATCH UPDATE – October 5th to 11th

    October 27, 2020 Melissa Roach Montclair HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    The morning of October 5th was dominated by songbirds as noisy flocks of Pine Siskins and Purple Finches bounced past the watch, a sure sign of the season. As the…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – October 7th to 20th

    October 24, 2020 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    These past two weeks saw a noticeable uptick in movement, with our first 10,000+ bird days.  Double-crested Cormorants continued in good numbers daily, Black Scoters arrived in force, and a…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – October 16th to 22nd

    October 24, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Unfortunately, migration was mostly at a standstill this week at the Cape May Hawkwatch sponsored by Swarovski Optik. Up until this week, migration was more or less nonstop minus a…

  • MONARCH MONITORING PROJECT – Final Events

    October 22, 2020 Melissa Roach Monarch Monitoring

    The last of our originally scheduled educational programs occurred on October 17th. With the continuation of mild weather and presence of good numbers of monarchs around Cape May, we are…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – OCTOBER 9th – 15th

    October 22, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    October continues to roll on with exceptional hawk migrations at the Cape May Hawkwatch sponsored by Swarovski Optik. The NW winds continued to blow throughout the region. And as we…

  • MONTCLAIR HAWKWATCH UPDATE – OCTOBER 9TH

    October 20, 2020 Melissa Roach Montclair HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Saying Goodbye to September and Remembering a Montclair Icon As we round out the month of September, we reluctantly say goodbye to peak season for Broad-winged Hawks. This week’s total…

  • AVALON SEAWATCH UPDATE – OCTOBER 6TH

    October 20, 2020 Melissa Roach Avalon SeawatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Hi everyone! This is David Weber, and I’m back for my 4th year counting the Avalon Seawatch!  Time sure does fly by!  I’ll be posting weekly updates from here on…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – October 1st – 8th

    October 14, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    October started out with a bang at the Cape May Hawkwatch sponsored by Swarovski Optik. We saw a healthy amount of NW winds, allowing the floodgates to open, and migrants…

  • MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – OCTOBER 4th (another mega flight!)

    October 14, 2020 Melissa Roach Morning FlightNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Flights this week were consistently good with a few days that really stood out. Strong diversity continued as well with multiple mornings having over 20 species of warblers.  As a…

  • Imagine a #DayWithoutTheDelaware

    October 13, 2020 Rita Yelda Government Relations

    By Rita Yelda, Outreach & Communications Manager, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed Organizations within the Delaware River Basin come together every year on October 18 for a social media…

  • MONTCLAIR HAWKWATCH UPDATE – September 30

    October 8, 2020 Melissa Roach Montclair HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    As we round out the fourth week of the 2020 fall season, it’s clear that we have reached the beginning of the end for Broad-winged Hawk migration. We’ve had a…

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – September 25th – 30th

    October 8, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Hard to believe the first month of the Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik, is officially behind us. Despite a slow start to the last week of the month,…

  • The 8th Annual Delaware River Watershed Forum

    October 7, 2020 Chris Neff Government RelationsNJ Audubon

  • Season Update, late September 2020

    October 5, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch Monitoring

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – September 24

    October 1, 2020 Melissa Roach Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    An explosion of migration occurred throughout week 3 of the Cape May Hawkwatch sponsored by Swarovski Optik. Conditions were conducive to migration nearly every day this week with the culmination…

  • MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – September 27

    October 1, 2020 Melissa Roach Morning FlightNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    It was a surprisingly productive week given the number of days with south and southwesterly winds. Flights were consistent with excellent diversity throughout. Tuesday and Wednesday had nice northwesterly winds…

  • Monarch Life Cycle

    September 17, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch Monitoring

  • CAPE MAY HAWKWATCH UPDATE – September 17

    September 17, 2020 Brett Ewald Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Week 2 of the Cape May Hawkwatch, sponsored by Swarovski Optik, is in the books and was headlined by a massive American Kestrel flight on September 14th. A light northerly…

  • THE CAPE MAY SONGBIRD STOPOVER PROJECT: THE 2020 FIELD SEASON

    September 15, 2020 Chris Neff ResearchView From The Cape

  • MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – September 13 (Pileated Woodpecker!)

    September 15, 2020 Brett Ewald Morning FlightNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    A relatively slow week compared to the last. However, we did have a couple productive days and some notable highlights. The week started with east winds, high humidity and high…

  • Census Results, Week 1

    September 15, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch Monitoring

  • Monarchs and Viceroys: A Tale of Mimicry

    September 12, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch Monitoring

  • Cape May Hawkwatch Update – September 10

    September 10, 2020 Brett Ewald Cape May HawkwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

    Greetings! Jesse Amesbury here, back for my second stint as the Cape May Hawk Counter. I am really looking forward to getting back up on the platform again and soaking…

  • Little Butterfly, Big Journey: A little bit about monarch migration and why it matters

    September 9, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch MonitoringNJ Audubon

  • Morning Flight Count Sep 6 update – 20,000 bird day

    September 6, 2020 Chris Neff Morning FlightNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

  • What Makes New Jersey a Better Place for People and Wildlife? Our Volunteers!

    September 4, 2020 Steven Garcia Cape May PointNJ AudubonStewardship

    New Jersey Audubon owes so much to the great group of volunteers that donate their most valuable resource to help make New Jersey a better place for people and wildlife.…

  • MMP Field Season Underway

    September 3, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch MonitoringNJ AudubonView From The Cape

  • We Need Your Help to Stop Plastic Pollution!

    September 1, 2020 Chris Neff Government Relations

  • Red-breasted Nuthatches & A Good Migration Day

    September 1, 2020 Chris Neff All Things Birds

  • MMP Seasonal Staff for 2020

    August 27, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch MonitoringView From The Cape

  • Where the Wild Things Are: Seed Collections Jumpstart Reforestation at Cape May Point State Park

    August 14, 2020 Steven Garcia Cape May PointStewardship

      By Brittany Dobrzynski, Stewardship Project Coordinator – South Conservation work continues along Seagrove Avenue at Cape May Point State Park, where New Jersey Audubon has been removing non-native invasive…

  • Identifying Two Common Garden Caterpillars

    August 13, 2020 Chris Neff Gardening

  • Plans for 2020 Monarch Migration Season

    August 5, 2020 Chris Neff Monarch MonitoringView From The Cape

    Sorry we haven’t published anything in a long time, it’s taken us a while to figure out how we will run our project this year in the midst of the…

  • A “Blueprint” for Recovery – Nest Boxes and the Eastern Bluebird

    July 15, 2020 John Parke NJ AudubonStewardship

    The brilliant blue of an Eastern Bluebird is a common sight in New Jersey, but that was not always the case. From the mid-1930s to the 1970s, Eastern Bluebird populations…

  • ENDANGERED GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER FOUND IN A MANAGED SITE ON SPARTA MOUNTAIN!

    June 25, 2020 John Parke NJ AudubonStewardship

    On May 20, 2020 a rare Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) was found using a patch of young forest on Sparta Mountain where the mature trees had previously been harvested to…

  • Restoration Efforts Continue at Cape May Point State Park

    June 23, 2020 Kristen Meistrell StewardshipView From The Cape

    By Steven Garcia, Stewardship Technician New Jersey Audubon continues to restore and create habitat throughout New Jersey. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have adapted new approaches and strict…

  • NJA Helps Farmer to Become First Cranberry Producer to be Approved for USDA Funded Bobwhite Quail Habitat Restoration Program

    June 18, 2020 John Parke Bobwhite RestorationStewardship

    Joseph J. White, Inc (which markets through Pine Barrens Native Fruits, LLC), a 390-acre cranberry farm at Whitesbog, NJ that is owned and operated by fifth-generation cranberry growers Joe Darlington…

  • Conservation Work Continues Even in Uncertain Times

    May 4, 2020 John Parke NJ AudubonStewardship

    Although the world is a lot different now, what has not changed is the need to conserve and protect our natural resources for a healthier planet.  Donned in facemasks and…

  • Restoring Lake Lily at Cape May Point

    May 2, 2020 John Parke NJ AudubonStewardshipView From The Cape

    Amid the Covid-19 crisis, New Jersey Audubon continues its commitment to conserve wildlife and habitat through the active management, restoration and enhancement of public and private lands throughout the state.…

  • Springwatch Update Mid April

    April 27, 2020 Chris Neff Cape May SpringwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

  • Springwatch Update Early April

    April 13, 2020 Chris Neff Cape May SpringwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

  • The Return of Migrants

    March 26, 2020 Chris Neff NJ Audubon

  • Cape May Springwatch: March 15-21, 2020

    March 23, 2020 Tom Reed Cape May SpringwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

  • Cape May Springwatch: March 8-14, 2020

    March 16, 2020 Tom Reed Cape May SpringwatchNJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

  • Cape May Springwatch: March 1-7, 2020

    March 10, 2020 Chris Neff NJ AudubonSeasonal ResearchView From The Cape

  • A Fowl February Member Meadowlands Morning

    February 27, 2020 Chris Neff Development

  • Moving Towards A Sustainable Future

    February 11, 2020 Chris Neff NCCM

  • Protected: Old Crooked Toe and the Cranes of Southern New Jersey

    January 5, 2020 Chris Neff NJ Audubon

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Avalon Seawatch – Season Wrap-up

    December 28, 2019 Chris Neff Avalon SeawatchSeasonal Research

    A snowy morning on December 11th. And that’s a wrap on another good season!  I’ll briefly go over the last few weeks of the season and then present you with…

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