NJ falcons down, eagles up
BRUCE A. SCRUTON / NJ HERALD - The population of peregrine falcons was down slightly last year, while the number of nesting pairs of bald eagles [go to article]
How has climate change affected birds in South Jersey?
VERNON OGRODNEK / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - All eyes were on the skies during a New Jersey Audubon birding festival in Cape May Point [go to article]
What’s the state of our state fish?
MIKE ADAMS / NEW JERSEY MONTHLY - From the long ridge that is Kittatinny Mountain, you can peer west across the Delaware River [go to article]
Black bear hunting season in NJ extended by four days
KEIDY ORTIZ / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Hunters in New Jersey will be able to kill more black bears this month as the season has been extended [go to article]
Invasive mussels eradicated from Hunterdon County ponds, avoiding threat to Delaware River
NJ CONSERVATION FOUNDATION and U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE - Many years ago, tiny “hitchhikers” went unnoticed in a tank of live carp [go to article]
Fox attacks 5 people in N.J. town, 3 sent to hospitals with bite wounds,...
ANTHONY G. ATTRINO / NJ.COM - Police in Essex County killed a fox after the animal was believed to have attacked five people [go to article]
Piping plovers doing better in NJ, but southernmost pairs still struggling
MICHELLE BRUNETTI POST / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - More piping plover pairs nested in New Jersey this year — 114 compared with 98 last year — with an average [go to article]
Wild turkeys are terrorizing the town of Tom’s River, New Jersey, by pecking at...
ASHLEY COLLMAN / INSIDER - A gang of 40-6o wild turkeys is running rampant in the New Jersey town of Tom's River, where residents say the birds have been attacking [go to article]
New Jersey’s turkey vultures are ‘tornadoes’ of death. They’re also amazing.
CHRISTOPHER MAAG / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Shari Stern’s turkey vultures follow her around, like dogs. The birds look so alike, sometimes Stern can’t tell [go to article]
New funding to study microplastic pollution effect on Delaware Bay blue crabs
MARK EICHMANN / WHYY - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is often held up as the poster child for ocean pollution. And while the collection of trash collecting [go to article]
