It is APRIL 2026! While humankind returns to the Moon, LOOK UP! there’s so much to see!!! 🌷
Reminders:
* Events are often "peak" times, remember to check before & after to allow for optimal sky conditions.
* Time shown in ET, adjust for your timezone.
* Other sightings may be visible in your area.
pareidolia
noun
: the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster)
When conditions are right, you can see letters on the Moon!
Not my prettiest work (thanks clouds) but I still love the challenge!
I recently learned from a friend that “Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president, was famously fond of mockingbirds, keeping several as beloved pets throughout his life, most notably a cherished bird named “Dick”.” -Wikipedia
#birds #🪶
There has been a nice movement of #redshoulderedhawks the past few days … like this one that cruised past the #SandyHookLighthouse the other day. #birds #🪶
Yum! Fresh Clam for dinner.
#HerringGull #birds #🪶
It is MARCH 2026! Can Spring actually be springing? Let’s start off with a Lunar Eclipse! Look Up! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! 🍀
#astronomy #astronomyforall #astronomyforbeginners #moon #planet #lisaslookuponfacebook
It is FEBRUARY 2026! Heres hoping you are able to Look Up! from a warm place! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! ❤️🩷
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Waxing Crescent (5% illuminated) Moon setting behind the Sun. 1/20/2026
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tomorrow is JANUARY 2026! Nights slowly getting shorter but still plenty of darkness! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! ❄️☃️
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The “Christmas Tree” in the South Tower of the Navesink Twin Lights in Highlands, NJ is lit (as photographed by me from Sandy Hook)
Wait! What?! Tomorrow is DECEMBER 2025! Nearing Winter Solstice (the longest night of the year) = more observing time! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! ❄️🌲☃️
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Here we go…NOVEMBER 2025! Longer nights = more observing time! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!! Look up! 🍂🦃
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Not sure who’s more cuckoo - us or the bird. A lifer for both of us !
Common Cuckoo vagrant in Long Island.
Per Wikipedia The cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo “is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.“ #birds #🪶
The 5th time is the charm…
“C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey in images obtained on 3 Jan 2025. It has an inbound orbital period of about 1,350 years and will pass perihelion on 8 Nov 2025” -Wikipedia
📷 iPhone 13 (handheld)
🔭Swarovski scope
📍 NJ USA
No luck with the comet for us this long weekend away due to various reasons but Venus & The Moon over the Pennsylvania farmscape are a wonderful consolation prize.
He’s baaaaaaaack! Yank yank!
Rob found a Red-breasted Nuthatch in our yard! He was storing pine cone seeds. Here’s hoping he spends the winter with us. #birds #🪶
What a wonderful night to share the Moon (and Saturn (left)) with dozens of people for an early celebration of #NASA #internationalexplorethemoonnight #ObserveTheMoon
📷: Historic Seabrook-Wilson House
📍: Bayshore Waterfront Park
@monmouth_county_parks
Wow! OCTOBER 2025 is giving lots of reasons to LOOK UP! Start planning now and hope for clear skies!!! 🍁🍂🎃
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Pearl Crescent Butterfly
Edwin B Forsythe NWR NJ USA
Forster’s Tern at Edwin B Forsythe 9/22/25
#forsterstern #tern
#birds #🪶
One of Four Hudsonian Godwits at Edwin B Forsythe 9/22/25
#hudsoniangodwit #godwit
#birds #🪶
#internationalspacestation #ISS flyover
9/12/25 8:14 PM ET
Central NJ
Waning Gibbous Moon (96% illuminated) 9/9/25 6:05AM ET
Yes, I felt exactly the same way about that game Sunday! #CommonRaven #birds #🪶
SEPTEMBER 2025 Here we go! Entering the ‘ber months - longer nights = more observing time! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!!
Look up! 🍎🍏
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Another magical day in Cape May! There were dolphins EVERYWHERE! 8-16-25
Taken from the
capemaywhalewatch_researchctr - a whale sense company.
#marinelife #🦑 #bottlenosedolphin #dolphins
Huron Sachem
“Atalopedes huron is a small grass skipper butterfly. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Atalopedes campestris, it was upgraded to full species status by Zhang et al. in 2022.” -Wikipedia
I believe this is a Horace’s Duskywing (corrections welcome)
“Erynnis horatius, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the US from MA to FL, and west to eastern SD, the Gulf Coast, south-eastern UT, CO, north-eastern AZ, and NM.“ - Wikipedia
“Celebrated on the 1st Sat of Aug, #NationalSunflowerDay is dedicated to the vibrant flower that symbolizes summer, happiness & friendship. They are said to represent loyalty, adoration, & longevity. Their bright yellow color is associated with intelligence, friendship & happiness.”
AUGUST 2025 is a month with Star Parties for many! Start planning now and let’s hope for clear skies!!!
Look up! 🌻🌞🌕
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