August 28, 2026
My Column: State Line Hawk Watch
A view of State Line Lookout and the Hudson River beyond in Alpine. By Jim WrightSpecial to The Record |…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
August 23, 2015
Mystery Monday Solved
Alice Leurck submitted this MMM last week– one of my favorite insects. Don't see it very often at the CF, where she took these recent pix.
Deedee Burnside ID'd it correctly — a Cicada Killer. More on CKs here.
(Thanks, Alice and Deedee!)
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Diggers. You can find them at most local baseball/softball fields.
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Diggers. You can find them at most local baseball/softball fields.