Monthly Programs

Since 2015 Fyke's monthly speaker costs have been funded by a generous grant from the Winifred M. and George P. Pitkin Foundation
Oct. 27, 2023, Friday - 8:00 p.m. via Zoom
Cowbirds: Villainous Mobsters or Falsely Maligned Native Species? Sarah Winnicki

Brown- They've been painted as dastardly villains, but are they? Biologist, PhD candidate, photographer
and birder Sarah Winnicki walks us through the biology of cowbirds, paying close attention to their research on the ways they interact with their host
species in their native range in Kansas. Sponsored by Lee Memorial Library and the Fyke Nature Association Screech owls are the owl most likely to nest in a suburban backyard, but few people know how to entice
them to move in–or how to thwart those pesky squirrel interlopers. Jim Wright, a long-time friend of the
Fyke Nature Association and Lee Memorial Library, will talk all about The Screech Owl Companion, his
brand-new book from Timber Press, Jim thinks the photos alone are worth the price of this entertaining
compendium, but see for yourself. Jim will be happy to sign and inscribe copies of The Screech Owl Companion
after his talk. Lillian Stokes, coauthor of The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America says:
“Astounding, thorough, wide-ranging, and well done, this book will take you into the world of the beloved
Screech Owl. It delivers everything you could want or need to welcome these appealing, diminutive, feathery,
fierce creatures as your neighbors.” Bio: Allendale’s Jim Wright is also the author of The Real James Bond, a biography of the
noted ornithologist who fell prey to the world’s most famous case of identity theft. The Wall Street Journal
called it “slim and elegant” -- like Bond himself. Jim’s other books include large-format books about Central America’s largest rainforest, Pennsylvania’s
legendary Hawk Mountain, the New Jersey Meadowlands, and –of course – In the Presence of Nature, about
the Celery Farm Nature Preserve. Jim writes “The Bird Watcher” column for The Record and keeps several nature blogs. Enjoy an evening of short presentations via Zoom by Fyke Members. Better yet, be a presenter
and share your own photos. Information on submitting images will be posted on the Fyke
Email List early in October.
November 2, 2023, Thursday - Lee Memorial Library, Allendale
How to Attract Screech Owls, Jim Wright
December 1, 2023, Friday - Monthly Meeting 8:00 p.m.
Members Night, Kurt Muenz
September 22, 2023
What's Growing Inside the Celery Farm's Dee Exclosure?, Mike Lefebvre
May 19, 2023
State Line Hawk Watch 2011 to 2022, Karl M. Soehnlein
April 28, 2023
Lorrimer Sanctuary: Then and Now, Alexa Fantacone
March 24, 2023
Avian Rehabilitation, or How to Live with a Loon in the Bathtub, Giselle Smisko
February 23, 2023
Grassland Birds Are Thriving in the Least Likely Place, Dr. Shannon Curley and Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
January 27, 2023
African Safari: Big Game and Birds, Kevin Watson
December 2, 2022
Fyke Members Night
October 28, 2022
Red-Shouldered Hawks of Allendale, Jim Wright
May 20, 2022
New Jersey Moths Through the Seasons, Wade and Sharon Wander
April 22, 2022
Plants of the Celery Farm's Klomburg Woods, Mike Lefebvre
January 18, 2021
Remembering the Bajor Farm: An interview with Patricia Cooper and Marie Breen,
Jim Wright
May 17, 2019
Florida Gulf Coast Winter Birding
Tom Mitchell and Sharon Ayling
May 18, 2018
Loads of Odes, Kurt Muenz