 | ||
  
| Joe Reynolds' Blog I Saw Four Birds on Christmas DayMonday, December 29, 2008 It was Christmas Day afternoon, a few days after the arrival of the winter solstice. The weather forecast, for a change, was right on. This was a relatively mild and dry day after many cold and wet ones. It was as if Mother Nature threw a switch. A Snowy Day before Christmas Day at Sandy HookWednesday, December 24, 2008 It is 7am, the weekend before Christmas. There is an ebbing tide.
Yes Virginia, there really is Bird life in the Bay!Monday, December 15, 2008 It is a mid-afternoon, early December day along Sandy Hook Bay. It is ninety minutes into a high tide cycle and I am out for my weekly walk along the bay. Stop LNG before it comes to the Jersey Shore!Thursday, December 11, 2008 It is an early December day near Sandy Hook Bay. A light coat of snow blankets the landscape from a quick moving Alberta Clipper system the night before. By noon, the clouds have parted ways and sunshine gleams brightly on freshly fallen snow, less than an inch. It makes everything looks nice, before quickly melting away. Strolling Near the Shore on Thanksgiving DayWednesday, December 3, 2008 It was a chilly mid-morning during late fall when I headed down to the bay. This was no ordinary excursion. The occasion was my annual Thanksgiving Day saunter along the Atlantic Ocean Volunteers Help to Rescue Common Dolphin near Monmouth BeachWednesday, November 19, 2008 It is Saturday morning during a mid-November day. Somewhere out along the Appalachian Mountains there is a cold front that is anticipated to move eastward. The weather forecasters are predicting the front to come through the coastal regions of the Mid-Atlantic sometime overnight. Until then, the sky is partly cloudy. The atmosphere is moist with showers, some heavy at times, and it is unseasonably warm with high temperatures likely to be into the mid 60s. There are blustery winds blowing from the south. Read more » November Brings Changes & Contemplation to the BayMonday, November 10, 2008 The second Sunday of the month has set in. It is a chilly morning with a sharp north wind.
(A young-of-the -year Oyster Toadfish recently observed in the Navesink River) Read more » A Time of Flux & Fall Color in the EstuaryTuesday, November 4, 2008 November has arrived. It is mid-autumn. After the a week of eccentric weather of wind and rain, warmth and sun, frost and flurries, is there any doubt that autumn is a season of flux and folly as we take passage between summer and winter. Weird Creatures of Sandy Hook BayTuesday, October 28, 2008 It is the last full weekend of October; and the weekend before Halloween.
(A living Red Beard Sponge found this summer in local estuarine waters. Notice how it has encrusted itself to a hard clam shell) Read more » Just Out: Gripping Global Warming Exhibit in NYCWednesday, October 22, 2008 October is a busy time of change along the Jersey Shore. I usually consider October to be a month of transition between summer and winter. Look at the landscape. October typically begins with a summery green and lush landscape; but wraps up with cool, crisp days and falling leaves with hues of red, gold, russet, and butter yellow. Read more » |
|
RSS Feed