Hour on the Tower

April 25, 2024
By Jim Wright

My New Column: The Fallout

Black-and-White warblers and other songbirds migrate en masse through New Jersey each spring.  Credit: Zainab Naseer   My latest column

October 3, 2022
By Jim Wright

Two Earlier 40+ species Hour on the Towers

Sept. 9  was the 32nd anniversary of the  record-setting Hour on the Tower, a record matched 19 years ago in

September 27, 2022
By Jim Wright

A Classic Hour on Tower Count

Back in 2003, an Hour on the Tower team led by Stiles Thomas led an assault on the record 42

October 1, 2020
By Jim Wright

My New Column: Hour on the Tower

My latest column for The Record and USA Today New Jersey is all about the recent record-breaking Sunday — and

January 5, 2020
By Jim Wright

Big Year Memories: Stiles Thomas in Action

Stiles Thomas had an incredible 175 species in 2006. You can see the list — and read about how Fred

February 4, 2018
By Jim Wright

Historic Hour on the Tower Today

For the first time in history, it was an all-woman Hour on the Tower this morning. Working in icy temperatures

August 6, 2017
By Jim Wright

Amazing Pix of Peregrine at Celery Farm

Walt Staab took some incredible shots of a young Peregrine Falcon flying over the Celery Farm's Lake Appert just before

April 2, 2016
By Jim Wright

Hour on the Tower Report from Early April 2007

Note: This was supposed to be one of the first posts on my blog ever, nine years ago, but I

September 2, 2009
By Jim Wright

Hour on the Tower: Time Change

         Darlene Lembo, keeper of all things Hour on the Tower, has decreed:     Starting next Sunday, September

May 14, 2009
By Jim Wright

Seymour Sez: Attention, Celery Farm Residents and Visitors!!

     You heard it here first:  Starting this Sunday, May 17, the humans plan to begin their weekly Hour on