Nature Done Wright

Marsh Warden Mike Limatola and I did a guided loop of the Celery Farm today with some awesome Cub Scouts — very smart and great kids to boot.

We saw 18 species of birds, but the "bird of the day" had to be an Eastern Box Turtle. It's the first one I've ever seen in the Celery Farm. Awesome. (Thanks, Mike.)

We also talked a bit about native plants and invasives, and the Atlantic Flyway.

Bird highlights included a "heard" Red-shoulder, coots, Wood Ducks, a Coop and a Double-Crested Cormorant drying its wings.

It was a great way to spend a late afteroon in autumn.

Full list of birds that we saw follows.

The Celery Farm, Bergen, US-NJ
Oct 21, 2011 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Marsh Warden Mike Limatola and I walked around the Celery Farm with some great Cub Scouts and a couple of moms
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  X
Wood Duck  X
Mallard  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  X
Cooper's Hawk  X
Red-shouldered Hawk  X
American Coot  X
Mourning Dove  X
Belted Kingfisher  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  X
American Robin  X
European Starling  X
warbler sp.  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
House Sparrow  X