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
May 17, 2024, Friday - Monthly Meeting, 8:00 p.m. via Zoom
Bring the Butterflies to You, Sharon and Wade Wander
Go beyond the catalog descriptions of which plants will attract butterflies (spoiler: they’re often wrong), and learn real-life lessons in gardening for our winged beauties in this colorful and dynamic presentation.
Sharon Wander, along with her husband, Wade, is a self-employed environmental consultant, providing wetland delineation and permitting services and conducting surveys for endangered and threatened species. She has long been an active New Jersey naturalist, interested in birds, herptiles, plants, and butterflies (as well as moths and other insects). Sharon is a past president of the New Jersey Butterfly Club, and served on the 2014 NJDEP committee that evaluated the conservation status of the state’s butterflies. The Wanders especially enjoy their Fredon Township butterfly garden, which has attracted a state-record 85 species.
A link to register for the program will be posted as we get closer to the presentation date.
Please note that this presentation replaces another one originally scheduled and included in the summer newsletter.
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