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January 9, 2011
By Jim Wright

Red-shoulder: Still Hanging Around CF

Immature Red-shouldered Hawk was once again perched by the south end of the CF, with an eye on my feeders

January 7, 2011
By Jim Wright

Red-tail or Red-shoulder?

I am so used to having Red-tails perch in the Celery Farm near my bird feeders that when the large

January 6, 2011
By Jim Wright

My Latest ‘Bird Watcher’ Column

My latest column in The Record and Herald-News is about two invaluable websites for birders — eBird.org and Birdingonthe.net. The

January 5, 2011
By Jim Wright

Monday Mystery Sort of Solved

To all those who answered "Gingko" to what kind of leaf this is, yes! I guess the real mystery was

January 3, 2011
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 010311

Alas, this mystery seems way out of date because of the recent snowstorm… I saw this leaf a while back

January 2, 2011
By Jim Wright

Ringing in the New Year!

Jerry Barrack got this shot of a Carolina Wren by the CF on Friday, ringing out the old year and

January 1, 2011
By Jim Wright

Happy New Year!

My first bird of the year was a Song Sparrow under my feeder — not a bad way to start

December 29, 2010
By Jim Wright

Monday Mystery Solved

Deedee Burnside writes: "That is Virgin's Bower or Old Man's Beard, Clematis virginiana, native. "There is another one, Clematis terniflora,

December 27, 2010
By Jim Wright

Celery Farm Wonderland

The Celery Farm is covered with a foot-and-a-half-thick blanket of snow, with drifts nearly twice that in places. My wife

December 27, 2010
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 122710

Saw these along the FitzPatrick Trauil past the Constantine bench late last month. They were a cross between dandelion puffs