Ray Duffy reports he saw the Red-headed Woodpecker on Van Buskirk Island in Oradell yesterday (Friday) — thanks, Ray!

  Patty Finn reports:     Be one of the first to see inside the historic Fell House in Allendale!The Concerned

   Marsh Warden Emeritus Stiles Thomas reports that he can hear the peepers near his house — no doubt they're

     My latest "Bird Watcher" column in The Record and Herald & News is about three early spring arrivals and

    Because of the storm, I was at home (and looking out the window) more often than usual. On Sunday,

   I see traffic again on the Franklin Turnpike, and cross-country runners in the Celery Farm. Power has been restored.

  As of lunch today (Tuesday), utility work was still continuing on the Franklin Turnpike, and the Celery Farm Parking

    Last I checked, the Warden's Watch peninsula was still underwater, and the Franklin Turnpike Parking Lot is closed.

  I tend not to go too far afield or post items about things that I am not directly involved

 The inimitable Rob Fanning sez:   "8 Species of ducks at the CF today highlighted by a drake (winter-plumaged) RUDDY DUCK–a