May 24, 2026
My New Book Is Here
I am pleased to report that The Peregrine Falcon from Schiffer Books -- the folks who did such a beautiful…
Tom Mtchell took this shot of the New Jersey state bird by the Celery Farm Butterfly Garden.
Hello, Summer! (Thanks, Tom!)
We usually keep thistle seed out for them. They love that. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209217715056078&set=pb.1117087692.-2207520000.1466299816.&type=3&theater
Over the years, Goldfinches in our yard have eaten buds of an entire flower box of petunias and killed large potted scaevola through de-budding. We even put netting over the scaevola to no avail. We still love our state bird but yikes, the are voracious.
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Marianne Herrmann
We usually keep thistle seed out for them. They love that. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209217715056078&set=pb.1117087692.-2207520000.1466299816.&type=3&theater
sallyt.
Over the years, Goldfinches in our yard have eaten buds of an entire flower box of petunias and killed large potted scaevola through de-budding. We even put netting over the scaevola to no avail. We still love our state bird but yikes, the are voracious.