We saw this awesome caterpillar last week near the Carillon on Disposal Road.
Click "Continue reading ..." for a close-up, a shot of its host plant and what kind of butterfly (we hope) it will become one day.
NJMC DIRECTIONS
- DeKORTE PARK, Lyndhurst
- MILL CREEK MARSH, Secaucus
- AMVETS CARILLON, start of Saw Mill Creek Trail, North Arlington
- HARRIER MEADOW, North Arlington
Directions take you to the AMVETS Carillon; head west approximately 100 yards to the PSE&G substation. Harrier Meadow entrance is just to the west of substation; park along road but do not block truck access to the PSE&G site or the gate to Harrier Meadow.. - RIVER BARGE PARK & MARINA, Carlstadt
Directions take you to Outwater Lane in Carlstadt. Follow Outwater Lane to end for the River Barge Park & Marina. - LAUREL HILL COUNTY PARK, Secaucus
- RIDGEFIELD NATURE CENTER, Ridgefield
- MILL CREEK POINT & SECAUCUS HIGH SCHOOL BOARDWALk, Secaucus
To get to Mill Creek Point, continue north on Millridge Road to the end. Boardwalk runs along the river. You can launch kayaks and canoes at the free launch ramp at Mill Creek Point. . - SCHMIDT'S WOODS, Secaucus
Entrance to Schmidt's Woods is roughly 100 yards to the west on Millridge Road. - SKEETKILL CREEK MARSH, Ridgefield
After turning onto Pleasant View Terrace West, go about 100 yards, and marsh entrance will be on your left.
Nature Program Cooperative
- McFaul Nature Center (Wyckoff)
- Closter Nature Center
- Bergen County Audubon
- Fyke Nature Association
- Bergen Save the Watershed Action Network
- Demarest Nature Center
- Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
- Greenbrook Sanctuary
- Hackensack Riverkeeper
- Meadowlands Environment Center
- Palisades Interstate Park, NJ Section
- Teaneck Creek Conservancy
- NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program
- Lorrimer Sanctuary
- Tenafly Nature Center
- Weis Ecology Center
Birding and Green Links
- Freshkills Park Blog
- WILD NEW JERSEY
- Walter Choroszewski's New Jersey Nature Photography Blog
- New Jersey Osprey Project
- Audubon Magazine Blog
- A DC Birding Blog about New Jersey
- Fledging Birders
- National Biodiversity Parks
- Woodcreeper.com (Tracking NJ bird migration)
- Today in NJ Birding History
- Jersey Birder
- NYC Audubon
- New Jersey Audubon
- Green Jersey
- Jersey Digiscoping
Recent Posts
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- A Salute To America's Veterans
- New Feature: Directions to NJMC Sites
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40th Anniversary Calendar
- 40th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS CALENDAR
Click here for upcoming Meadowlands nature events.
Categories
- 40th Anniverary
- AMVETS Carillon
- Astronomy
- Best of the Best
- BIRD BANDING
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- Ridgefield
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- So-called humor
- TUESDAY TEASER
- Turtles
- Video
- WHAT'S-IN-A-NAME WEDNESDAY
Parks and Natural Areas
- Hudson County Park at Laurel Hill (Secaucus)
- Losen Slote Creek Park (Little Ferry, Moonachie)
- Mill Creek Marsh, Secaucus
- Mill Creek Point Park (Secaucus)
- Richard P. Kane Natural Area, Carlstadt, South Hackensack
- Richard W. DeKorte Park (Lyndhurst)
- River Barge Park and Marina (Carlstadt)
- Skeetkill Marsh, Ridgefield
Meadowlands links
- A: Meadowlands Environment Center
- B: William D. McDowell Observatory
- Bergen County Historical Society
- C: Trails, Greenways and Marinas
- D: Meadowlands pontoon-boat, canoe and walking tours
- E: Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute
- F: Wetlands information
- G: Convention and Visitors Bureau
- H. Meadowlands Conservation Trust
- Meadowlands Oral History Project
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