BL Finish - Hiking the Glen

Acknowledgements

& Credits

Bird Lane at the ECEC is based on a project originally developed at the New Jersey School of Conservation. The project was spearheaded by Associate Director of the School Randall Fitzgerald with assistance from a group of interns. Ms. Mongiello who also interned at NJSOC, loved the project, later joined the staff of the ECEC and led the development of Bird Lane at the ECEC. She is currently serving as the ECEC Program Coordinator.

The Bird Lane project was fortunate to have had the artistic talents of Maxine Segarnick to execute the original bird replicas for the project. Ms. Segarnick has also joined the team again to update some of the original replicas during the 2013 refresh of Bird Lane.

This guide to Bird Lane is based on the original guide and further supplemented with additional material from various internet sites and as well as traditional guidebooks.The author gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the original team, however the current guide is my responsibility and as such any comments or suggestions should be sent to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

A personal thank you to all the members of the Essex County, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department that have helped and encouraged me in this effort.

zHawk
West Caldwell, NJ
2013

The Photographs of Bird Species

The Bird Lane project is fortunate to have the permission of several talented photographers to use their photographs to illustrate this guide.

Alan and Elaine Wilson of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada have graciously allowed us to use their images for the American Goldfinch, the American Robin, the Barred Owl, the Belted Kingfisher, the Black-capped Chickadee, the Downy Woodpecker, the Great Blue Heron, the Great White Egret, the House Sparrow, the House Wren, the Northern Cardinal, the White-breasted Nuthatch and the Wild Turkey illustrations, Their website at www.NaturesPicsOnline.com contains many more examples of their wonderful work. They have over 75 Galleries of nature and wildlife pictures from all over North America for your viewing pleasure. If you are interesting taking pictures of nature and wildlife they also have many tips and tutorials for the novice photographer, including basics like equipment selection as well as specialized discussions of issues like the ethics involved in ensuring taking of photographs of wildlife doesn't endanger their natural wild existence.

Dick Daniels has provided images of the Blue Jay and the Great Crested Flycatcher. Dick is a retired engineer who has taken his passion for pictures of birds of all kinds and developed a huge collection of images of birds from all over the world. His website shows his work as well as work of another almost fifty photographers. The website is located at www.CarolinaBirds.org and in spite of the name includes birds from all over the world. Charlie Westerinen who exhibits his work on Dick's website has provided the image of the Red-shouldered Hawk.

Please visit these sites if you want to view some really great wildlife photography, and thanks to them all for assisting in the development of the Bird Lane guide.

Species Range Maps

Background Information for the Bird Species

The development of this guide required the collection of additional information to fill out the profile for each of the species. This required consulting many bird related websites as well as traditional bound field guides.

The favorite, and most helpful, websites were the following.
The WikiPedia Bird Portal website which is the entry point to a massive amount of information about birds of all kinds.
The All About Birds website managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that contains a wide range of information about birds and many bird related activities.
The National Audubon Society website of the leading bird related conservation organization in the country.
The New Jersey Audubon Society website of the leading bird related organization in New Jersey who in partnership with the ECEC offer bird and nature programs throughout Essex County.

The most frequently consulted field guides were the following.
The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 2001 printing.
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region, by John Bull and John Farrand, Jr., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1987 printing.

Bird Lane Interpretive Trail

By clicking on a moving bird you will go directly to that bird's page.

Acknowledgements

& Credits

Acknowledgements

The Photographs of Bird Species

Species Range Maps

Background Information for the Bird Species

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