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Tuesday Teaser 102709

    NJMC Naturalist Mike Newhouse banded this beauty yesterday. Who is he?

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Tuesday Teaser 102009

 

  Who is this guy?

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Tuesday Teaser 101309

     This is one of our recently banded birds, Who is it?

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Tuesday Teaser 100609

    NJMC naturalist Brett Bragin netted this finny fellow over the summer.

    What is it?   

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Tuesday Teaser 092209

    We got this guy out of the Hackensack River recently.  Who is he?

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   What do you think of this sort of Teaser? (Trying to take a break from the bird posts.) E-mail us here.

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Tuesday Teaser 091509

   We have been trying to get one of these guys to sit still long enough for us to take a photograph for more than a year now.

   We didn't realize just how beautiful they are until this guy landed on a weed on the 1-A Landfill in Kearny late last month.

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Tuesday Teaser 090809

    Can you ID this guy with this limited info? The photo was taken during a bird-banding session last week in North Arlington, and you can see the bander in the reflection in the bird's eye.

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Tuesday Teaser 090108

    Here's a different type of Tuesday Teaser, featuring one of the Route 3 bridges over the Hackensack River. 

    This photo includes a Peregrine Falcon. Where is she?

    The answer could be useful for anyone taking one of our pontoon boat eco-cruises  or participating in an eco-cruise during the upcoming Meadowlands Festival of Birding, just 11 days away.

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Tuesday Teaser 082509

   This is another find from the butterfly walk on Sunday, Aug. 9.

   We assumed that it was Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, and we assumed wrong. Thanks to walk leader Tom Halliwell for the right ID.

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Tuesday Teaser 081809

   We saw this guy on the butterfly walk on Sunday, August 9. Who is he?

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Tuesday Teaser 081108: Circle in the Square Part II

     This should be an easy one -- we've mentioned it in a couple of recent posts. It is the premier flower in the marshes along the Hackensack River this time of year.
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Tuesday Teaser 080409: Circle in the Square

    Any idea what this is?
    Seen recently by the AMVETS Carillon.
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