I've been meaning to upload some photos off of my camera, but I am just now getting to it.

These first two are from Jockey Hollow National Historic Park in New Jersey. This is NOT how the Eastern Deciduous Forest is supposed to look. But, thanks to an overabundance of White-tailed Deeer much of what's left of NJ's woods shows significant damage from deer. Basically, the native understory has been obliterated by hungry ungulates, and has been replaced by invasive, non-native Japanese Barberry

. . . . or nothing at all . . . .

Closer to home, here are a few pics from Thursday's boat trip to Outer Green Island . . .

As we approach the island, some of us get ready in anticipation.

Nancy and Bob wait patiently, enjoying the calm waters.

We scan the island for our quarry, carefully checking every rock and every bird.

Meanwhile, this morning, while taking another walkign route through Pownal, I happened upon an immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. on an apple tree. What strikes me as odd was the age of this bird, did it come from a local nest, which would surprise me - I didn't think that they bred locally. Or, was it already a southbound migrant?