October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
See anything interesting in this photo taken behind Allendale's historic Fell House last week?
(The Celery Farm was once a bog on John Fell's property.)
The answer, as several turkey-eyed readers pointed out, is at least one Wild Turkey (with tail feathers spread out, middle-right). Diane Louie said there could be a poult "behind" the greenery, and she could be right.
The shot below left shows another turkey nearby. There were at least eight of them wandering around the outside of the Fell House last week. (And many other weeks.)