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…
If you are an American Coot fan (and who isn't?), I suggest you stop by the Celery Farm soon.
There are still at least two Coots hanging around the Warden's Watch, and they are a pair of tickets to Wacky Town.
Scary, red eyes, bobbling heads, silvery/white beaks, grotesque feet and those blackish feathers — what's not to like (except for the nightmares)?
More on coots here.
Also hanging around — at least two Great Blue Herons (one was by my yard this a.m.), and that Great Egret, who, like a Thanksgiving dinner guest or two from my childhood, apparently doesn't know when to leave.