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August 14, 2014
By Jim Wright

My Latest Column: Birds of Summer

My latest column for The Record and the Herald-News is about some of my favorite birds of summer — the

August 9, 2014
By Jim Wright

Email Lillian Thomas a Birthday msg

  Lillian Thomas, chief gardener emeritus of the Celery Farm Butterfly Garden and all-around terrific person, is celebrating her 90th

August 9, 2014
By Jim Wright

Celery Farm Dragonflies!

In honor of National Dragonfly Month (there may actually be one in the U.K.) at the Celery Farm, I thought

August 8, 2014
By Jim Wright

Blonde-tailed Squirrels

Last week Sarah Buckley reported: "All of a sudden, we now have at least 3 blond-tailed grey squirrels in our

August 8, 2014
By Jim Wright

Dragonfly ID Confirmed

Deedee Burnside ID's the above Celery Farm frequent flier as a male Common Whitetail. (Thanks, Deedee!)

August 7, 2014
By Jim Wright

ID that Dragonfly!

Susan McTigue writes: I just looked at your blog and saw the photo of a dragonfly on a bird's wing.

August 4, 2014
By Jim Wright

Black Vulturettes

An old barn in Allendale was about to be razed this summer, before folks were informed that nesting Black Vultures

August 2, 2014
By Jim Wright

‘Wing Envy’ by John Pastore

John Pastore writes: Working through a backlog of photos, I found this one from the Celery Farm in June.  

August 1, 2014
By Jim Wright

Blond-tailed Squirrels

Michael Buckley is reporting blonde-tailed gray squirrels in his yard in Allendale. Anybody else seen any or — better yet

July 31, 2014
By Jim Wright

My Column: Readers’ Simple Pleasures II

My latest column in The Record and Herald News is part two of readers' simple birding pleasures. I'd like to