March 12, 2026
Horned Grebe at the Celery Farm
My first ever here. And the spring arrivals are arriving! The grebe was No. 186 on my Celery Farm life…
I served as a counter at the State Line Lookout on Sunday.
Not saying it was a slow morning, but I didn't need all of my toes to count the migrating raptors during my (mostly overcast) three-hour stint.
I got a big assist from Karl Soehnlein, who can't get enough thanks for all the work he does scheduling the counters, tabulating the totals and doing a lot of counting himself.
(Thank you, Karl!)
By the way, if you haven't been to State Line, what are you waiting for? It is the one place you can take photos of raptors and ravens that are so close that sometimes you can't get the whole bird in the frame.