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
October 24, 2025, Friday - Monthly Meeting, 8:00 PM, via Zoom
Long-time Fyke Member Jerry Barrack Presents Some of His Favorite Bird Images
Jerry will present some of his favorite images of birds from his extensive collection taken over more than 65 years. While many will be from the Celery Farm, which he has been photographing for over 35 years, many others will be from Florida, where he has been living for the last ten years as well as a few from Belize and South Africa.
Jerry has been a member of Fyke for over 35 years and has presented many times over the years, initially by himself and then later with his friend, Jim Wright. He has given over 100 nature programs and together with Jim and Doug Goodell, written In the Presence of Nature, better known as “The Celery Farm” book. They also produced a book entitled Jungle of the Maya, a celebration of the magnificent rain forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Jerry and Jim have also written three children’s books about the Celery Farm; Duck Enough to Fly; Icky, the Hungry Heron; and Swan Babies.
Registration is required. A link to register will be available early October. It will be emailed to Fyke members and posted on the website under Programs.
September 26, 2025
Plants of the New Jersey Highlands, Mike Lefebvre
May 16, 2025
Northern Exposures: Birds and Wildlife From the Far North, Kevin Watson
April 25, 2025
Flora, Fauna, and Feathered Friends: The Birds and Wildlife of the Celery Farm, Presented by the Ridgewood Camera Club
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