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
April 25, 2025, Friday - Monthly Meeting, 8:00 PM via Zoom
Flora, Fauna, and Feathered Friends: The Birds and Wildlife of the Celery Farm, Presented by the Ridgewood Camera Club

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then images taken by local photographers of the Celery Farm Nature Preserve are worth a million. In this unique collaboration between Fyke Nature Association and the Ridgewood Camera Club, we let the landscape and wildlife images of the preserve speak for themselves. Sit back and enjoy this presentation set to music and featuring the works of 16 photographers who graciously accepted the assignment to capture the beauty of the preserve (and perhaps a few other natural locations across the state). Each set of images will begin with a slide introducing the photographer. We’ll end the presentation with questions from the audience.
Founded in 1937, Ridgewood Camera Club is one of the oldest photography clubs. For over 85 years, it has fostered a thriving and talented community of diverse photographers, capturing many genres. The photographers presented in this slideshow are proud to show their work.
Register here for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
May 16, 2025, Friday - Monthly Meeting, 8:00 PM, Allendale Borough Hall or Allendale Community Center
Northern Exposures: Birds and Wildlife From the Far North, Kevin Watson


Birder and photographer Kevin Watson presents a photographic journey across the northern latitudes of North America and Europe, from Alaska through northern Canada and across to Svalbard, in the far north of Europe, in search of birds and wildlife. Birds visit these high latitudes in summer.
In this live presentation, we’ll see shorebirds, waterfowl and more in breeding plumage, as well as animal residents such as walrus, arctic fox and seals. The arctic is home to the world’s largest land carnivore, the polar bear, and Kevin has spent many hours watching, learning about and photographing these charismatic apex predators, and he will be sharing some of his best images.
Note: We are currently evaluating the possibility of presenting this program at Allendale’s new Community Center. If not held there, we’ll meet at our usual spot: Allendale’s Borough Hall. Watch this space for updates.

March 28, 2025
Plants of the NJ Meadowland’s Losen Slote Creek Park, Mike Lefebvre

February 28, 2025
Kinship With Kingfishers, Marina Richie

January 24, 2025
From Invasives to Natives, Frank and Christian Alcaide

October 25, 2024
Sustaining Wildlife in Fall and Winter Gardens, Deb Ellis

September 27, 2024
Find More Birds, Heather Wolf

May 17, 2024
Bring the Butterflies to You, Sharon Wander

April 26, 2024
The Connection Between Migration & Astronomy, Lisa Fanning

March 22, 2024
Garret Mountain Reservation: A Migration Hotspot, Carole Hughes

February 23, 2024
Spring Migration at Teaneck Creek Conservancy, Executive Director Kathleen Farley

January 26, 2024
Travels in Japan: Island Endemics and Winter Wildlife, Kevin Watson

December 1, 2023
2023 Fyke Members Night, Kurt Muenz

October 27, 2023
Cowbirds: Villainous Mobsters or Falsely Maligned Native Species? Sarah Winnicki

September 22, 2023
What's Growing Inside the Celery Farm's Deer 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