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August 15, 2018
By Jim Wright

High Mountain’s ‘Marry Me’ Rock

One of the landmarks near the summit at High Mountain is a  graffiti-scarred rock outcropping (upcropping?)  that I have called

August 14, 2018
By Jim Wright

The Fell House Garden — Thank you!

Big thank to Kathy Vorhis and the Allendale Garden Club for making the garden near the entranee to the Fell

August 14, 2018
By Jim Wright

Nature Quote of the Day

I found the above quote in a foreword to a book I bought recently. The book is "The Wissahickon," published

August 13, 2018
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning (Art) Mystery 081318

This Georgia O'Keeffe painting in the National Galley in Washington, D.C., is entitled "A Black Bird With Snow Covered Red

August 12, 2018
By Jim Wright

Help ID This Pigeon at the CF

Traci Woods writes: I was at the Celery Farm on Friday around 2:30, and saw 3-4 blue-banded pigeons sitting in

August 11, 2018
By Jim Wright

A Quick High Mountain Hike

Did a quick hike to the summit of High Mountain and Franklin Clove on Thursday. Great views of Northern New

August 10, 2018
By Jim Wright

NJ Botanical Garden in Ringwood

Went to visit the terrific NJ Botanical Garden and nearby attractions with my friend Skeets this week. Bergen County Audubon's

August 10, 2018
By Jim Wright

How to Find Back Copies of the Bird Watcher

I am now in my 10th year of writing "The Bird Watcher" for The Record and Herald-News (Yikes!), and a

August 9, 2018
By Jim Wright

My Birding Column: The Egg and I

My birding column for The Record is a change of pace, since it involves something I found in my front

August 8, 2018
By Jim Wright

Kay Center III: Eastern Box Turtle

After a nature photography event at The Nature Conservancy's Kay Center headquarters in Chester, NJ, on Saturday, I wandered the