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August 27, 2018
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 082718

I've seen a lot of dragonflies at the Celery Farm this summer. Can you I.D. this one?

August 26, 2018
By Jim Wright

Tonight’s Full Moon is A Sturgeon Moon

… and I finally put these stuffed fish to good use.  

August 26, 2018
By Jim Wright

My Backyard Bird Photos on Line

The Record just created a slideshow of 10 of my favorite backyard birds. All the photos were taken in my

August 24, 2018
By Jim Wright

Turkey along Franklin Turnpike

Perhaps because Ben Franklin wanted to make them the national bird instead of the Bald Eagle, Wild Turkeys often try

August 24, 2018
By Jim Wright

Best Nature-friendly Project by a Dam Site

Several years ago, when I first heard that the New Jersey chapter of The Nature Conservancy planned to remove a

August 23, 2018
By Jim Wright

An 1899 Article about ‘Slab Sides’

The very first edition of "Bird Lore," published in 1899 and edited by Bergen County's own Frank Chapman, featured an

August 23, 2018
By Jim Wright

My New Column: John Burroughs’ Slabsides

My latest column for The Record and the Herald News is about Slabsides and the John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary in

August 22, 2018
By Jim Wright

Allendale Is a Monarchy!

Everywhere I look in town, I see Monarch butterflies these days. And our Common Milkweed in the backyard has at

August 20, 2018
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 082018

Photographed this in my backyard next to the Celery Farm earlier this month. What is it?  

August 16, 2018
By Jim Wright

Monday (Art) Mystery Answered

On Monday, I wrote: This Georgia O'Keeffe painting in the National Galley in Washington, D.C., is entitled "A Black Bird