Bergen SWAN Hosts Nature Walk

We tend to take them for granted, but our local woodlands are essential refueling spots for migrant birds on their annual treks southward. On Sunday, October 19, at 10 a.m., Bergen Save the Watershed Action Network (Bergen SWAN) will be sponsoring a free guided walk through one of these vital suburban forests, the 20-acre Emerson Woods Preserve. Join Bergen County Audubon Society naturalist and bird expert Ken Witkowski, who will show you how to spot and identify some of the many southbound species – such as song and fox sparrows, kinglets, warblers and hermit thrush – and the various seeds, nuts and berries on which they depend for survival.
Bergen SWAN's nature walk on autumn bird migration will take place on Sunday, October 19 at 10 a.m. at the Emerson Woods Preserve, Main Street at Lakeview Terrace, in Emerson. This event is open to the public, free of charge. Get more information by calling Bergen SWAN at 201-666-1877.
Ken Witkowski has served on the Board of Directors for the Bergen County Audubon Society since 1989 and is currently in his third term as President. He also leads field trips for the New Jersey Audubon Society as an Associate Naturalist. Now living in Sussex County, he is very involved with the Friends of the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, currently serving as its Vice President. From 2004 to 2006, working for New Jersey Audubon and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, Ken conducted year-round bird surveys in the Meadowlands, designed to document the abundance and distribution of birds found there.
Emerson Woods Walk - A Nature Walk on Autumn Bird Migration
Led by Ken Witkowski, President, Bergen County Audubon Society:

Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Time: 10 AM
Place: Emerson Woods
Main Street at Lakeview Terrace
Emerson, NJ 07630

Free and open to the public - Everyone is welcome! Don't forget your binoculars!

Driving directions to Emerson Woods: Take Old Hook Road east to Main Street, make a right at the light (before Shop Rite), and follow Main Street to Lakeview Terrace. Take the gravel road just off of Lakeview Terrace to the fishing gate parking lot or park at nearby Summer Street, across Main Street. For further information or detailed directions to the site, contact Bergen SWAN at 201-666-1877 or bergenswan@sprynet.com.
For more information, call Bergen SWAN at 201-666-1877 or visit www.bergenswan.org.