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…
Not a great photo, but the weather was cloudy both times I took photos, around noon and then again at 2:15 today (Sunday).
The bird was between the Brotherton Bridge and Blue Heron Pond, on the right side, on the ground and on fallen tree limbs around noon, then perched around eye level later.
More on Bicknell's Thrush here.
A close-up of a Gray-cheeked Thrush during a 2011 bird-banding session in the Meadowlands is below.