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Long-Term Funding Need for Preservation (1304)
Horseshoe Crabs Again Under Threat (1303)
Featherbed Lane Banding Station Report - Fall 2012
Cats Indoors! (1302)
Count for Conservation! Great Backyard Bird Count (February 15 - 18) (1301)
Bird Inventories
WCAS News Items
I. Environmental Issues
II.Avian Issues
III. Other Wildlife Issues
I. Environmental Issues
A. Local/State
NJ Threatened and Endangered Species List Updated (1203)
Sourlands Documentary (1105)
BUG THUGS (1103)
Mercer County Park NW Plan To Be Presented (1102)
Be Part Of Something BIG! Great Backyard Bird Count (1101)
Black Bear Safety (1005)
It's Baby Animal Season! (1004)
Unleashed Dogs Are Hazardous To Wildlife (1002)
Three Pieces Of Good News (1001)
Let's Get Back Into The Preservation Business (0905)
Volunteer Meeting Monitors Needed (0904)
Off-road Vehicle Legislation Coming Up In May (0903)
Go Native With Your Garden (0902)
Baldpate Management Plan To Debut (0901)
The Invasive Species Strike Team Wants YOU! (0810)
Pipeline Mowing Endangers Habitat (0809)
Keep New Jersey Green (0804)
We're Not Finished With Horseshoe Crabs (0808)
Support Urgently Needed for Horseshoe Crab Legislation (0803)
Off-Road Vehicle Legislation Introduced in State Assembly (0707)
State Proposes Water Quality Rule Upgrades (0705)
Roadside Cleanup Day - November 11 (0612)
Eleventh Hour For Parks and Pinelands Funding (0807)
Support NJ's Parks and Natural Areas (0609)
Vote for Parks Funding in November (0606)
ATV Legislation Needed to Protect Our Parks (0603)
Wind Energy: Promise and Peril (0601)
Keeping Up to Date on Issues (0411)
Urge Protection for New Jersey's Crucial Habitat (0410)
Can They Slow Down The Train On The Fast Track? (0407)
So, What About the Environment? (0403)
Some Conservation Ups and Downs in 2003 (0402)
Is It They Who Don't Understand, Or Is It I? (0314)
Open Space
Open Space Funding Will Help Keep NJ Green (0706)
NJ Running Out of Funds for Open Space (0703)
Tax Proposal Would Cripple Open Space Efforts (0504)
Grassland Habitat (0406)
The Sourlands: A Treasure in Our Midst (0405)
Speaking of Grasslands... (0311)
Hopewell Township's Martin Tract Contains Important Grassland Habitat (0310)
Baldpate Mountain Master Plan Meeting, May 30 (0212)
Sourlands Smart Growth Funding in Jeopardy (0206)
Plainsboro Preserve
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Baldpate Mt. Management Plan Is Flawed (0007)
Open Space Victories (9901)
Pole Farm (Mercer County Park Northwest)
Pole Farm Progress (0505)
Habitat damage at the Pole Farm (0215)
Athletic Fields at the Pole Farm? (0001)
Take A Hike, and Do Some Birding, at the Pole Farm (9930)
The Pole Farm Report (PDF)
Pole Farm Report On The Web (9915)
Pole Farm Report Delivered to County Officials (9906)
Pole Farm Field Observation Map
Pole Farm Hearings Continue
Alexauken Creek Wildlife Management Area Inventory in 2003 (0216)
Mitigation Goal for Tree Loss at Princeton (0219)
Mercer Butterfly Counts (July 2003 - July 2007)
Butterfly Garden Blooms In Carson Woods (0220)
We're Not Finished With Horseshoe Crabs (0808)
New Horseshoe Crab Restrictions Not Enough (0305)
Horseshoe Crab Harvest Moratorium Is Needed (0214)
Carson Road Woods Survey Draws to a Close (0303)
Carson Woods Biological Inventory Under Way (0207)
Turtle Fencing at Sturgeon Pond (0208)
Draft Baldpate Mountain Park Master Plan Discussed July 25 (0115)
A Terrific Partnership and a Win-Win Situation (0116)
Clean and Green (0019)
Hamilton-Trenton Marsh Teaching Materials Available (0011)
Hackensack Meadowlands Preservation (9934)
Preserving The Sourlands (9935)
Holden Audubon Scholarship to Summer Workshop for Educators (Spring 2006)
Polly Holden Conservation Endowment Established (0102)
Baldpate Purchase Secures Bird Habitat
Tributes to Departed Friends of the Environment
Princeton Packet Examines the Route 92 Issues
Route 92 Issues
B. National/Global
It’s in the Air (1204)
Help Wildlife Impacted By The BP Oil Spill (1006)
Invasion of the Biodiversity Snatchers (0704)
Global Warming, Myth Or Reality? (0408)
Coastal Protection Bill In U.S. Senate (0312)
Co-sponsors Needed for Wetlands Protection Bill (0309)
Isolated Wetlands Protections Could Be Reinstated (0306)
Déjà Vu All Over Again (0301)
Roadless Rule Upheld (0302)
Will the Energy Bill Include Arctic Refuge Drilling? (0218)
Help for the Upper Mississippi (0213)
Environmentally Safe Drilling in the Arctic? (0112)
A Practical, Environment-Friendly Choice (0111)
Roadless Rule in Jeopardy (0110)
Focus on Energy and the Artic (0109)
2000 Wrapup (0101)
Statement of John Flicker, President, National Audubon Society,
On the Signing of the Record of Decision on the Roadless Forest Conservation Rule (0105)
From Alaska to Hawaii (0018)
Alaska Advocate Roundup (0013)
Why Is The West Burning? (0014)
Audubon Matchmakers? (9932)
Resources 2000 Bill Needs Cosponsors (9929)
Wild And Scenic Legislation Introduced (9931)
Roadless Areas Protection (9924)
The Alaskan Migratory Connection: Shorebirds (9925)
Arctic Update (9926)
Alaska Refuge Bills Gaining Support - Congressman Smith Signs On (9919)
National Audubon Launches Heritage Forest Campaign To Save Unprotected Wilderness Areas (9920)
"Bill of Rights" for America's Forests
II. Avian Issues
Winter Bird Feeding Tips (1202)
Get Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count (February 17 - 20) (1201)
Sign Up For Project FeederWatch (1104)
Short-eared Owls (1003)
Birdathon 2010 - Read all about it and join in!
Checklist of Birdathon Species Reported 2000 - 2008
Checklist of Birdathon Species Reported 1993 - 1999
Wanted - Cats Indoors! (0806)
Coming to Your Neighborhood: The Great Backyard Bird Count (0802)
Bird-Related Activities and Avian Flu (0610)
Cats Indoors! (0608)
Cats and Avian Flu (0605)
Bird Banding at Delaware Bay (0413)
BIRD TALES 1 RM WITH A VU (0414)
IBBA Nominations Are Open (0409)
Featherbed Lane Banding Station
- Hannah Suthers (and her Crew) have been collecting data
and/or banding birds in this area since 1969. Find out more about it on this website.
View the records of their efforts below.
Winter 2012
Fall 2012
Breeding Season 2012
Spring 2012
Winter 2011
Fall 2011
Breeding Season 2011
Spring 2011
Winter 2010
Fall 2010
Breeding Season 2010
Spring 2010
Winter 2009
Fall 2009
Breeding Season 2009
Spring 2009
Winter 2008
Fall 2008
Breeding Season 2008
Spring 2008
Winter 2007
Fall 2007
Breeding Season 2007
Spring 2007
Winter 2006
Fall 2006
Breeding Season 2006
Spring 2006
Winter 2005
Fall 2005
Breeding Season 2005
Spring 2005
Winter 2004
Fall 2004
Breeding Season 2004
Spring 2004
Winter 2003
Fall 2003
Breeding Season 2003
Spring 2003
Winter 2002
Fall 2002
Breeding Season 2002
Spring 2002
Winter 2001
Fall 2001
Breeding Season 2001
Spring 2001
Winter 2000
Fall 2000
Breeding Season 2000
Spring 2000
Important Bird and Birding Areas Program Now In NJ (0315)
WCAS Supports Research In Ornithology-And You Can, Too! (news0205)
Bluebird Nest Box Volunteers Needed (0222)
Get on Board for Project Feederwatch (0221)
Nest Box Suitable for House Wren, Black-capped Chickadee or White-breasted Nuthatch (02/10)
Endangered and Nongame Program Looking For Skilled Birders (0210)
Fifth Annual Great Backyard Bird Count February 15-18 (0202)
Get Ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count! (02/15/02)
Midwinter Reflection (0203)
WCAS Supports Research in Ornithology - And You Can Too!
Bird Watchers
A Transparent Request
Bird and Window Collisions (9933)
Tree Swallow and Bluebird Nestbox Plan (0117)
Splish! Splash!
Cats Indoors-It Really Works (0304)
Cats Indoors! The Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats (0103)
Cats and Baby Birds (9911)
Cats Indoors! Please
National Keep Your Cats Indoors Day
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Annual Christmaas Bird Count
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Christmas Bird Count (0004)
New Jersey Important Bird Areas Program Launched (0008)
BirdCast, A Citizen Scientist Project in April
Volunteers Needed!
Golden Field Guides for Birds Revised Editions
Book Review - Sibley's and Kaufman's New Bird Guides
Book Review - An Exhilaration of Wings - Jen Hill editor
Hawk Watching in New Jeresey (9923)
Sign Up For Project FeederWatch (9927)
Oportunity for Citizen Science (Project Feeder Watch) (9905)
If You Love Them (9916)
Bird Notes (9917)
GBBC Roundup
Log On And Be Counted For The Great Backyard Birdcount
NJ Threatened and Endangered Bird Species
Volunteers Needed to Help Prepare Bird Banding Site
Avian Salmonellosis Alert
Watch List - At The Center of Bird Conservation
Helping Injured Wild Birds
III. Other Wildlife Issues
Exhibit Earns Award
New Guide to Trees of New Jersey (9706) [Upd 02/04]
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013