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February 27, 2023
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 022723

A recent mystery involved a carving on display at NJ Audubon's Lorrimer Sanctuary. While I was visiting, sanctuary director Alexa

February 22, 2023
By Jim Wright

Free Nature Talk This Friday

Passing this along… Feb. 24, 2023, Friday – Fyke Monthly Meeting: 8 pm via ZoomGrassland Birds Are Thriving in the

February 16, 2023
By Jim Wright

My Column: A Life List of 8,591 Bird Species

The most spectacular bird that Steve Bailey ever saw was a Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise male in a courtship display. Credit: Andrew

February 13, 2023
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 021323

What is it? Who carved it? Where can you see this carving? And, a toughie — who donated it?  

February 11, 2023
By Jim Wright

Great Black-backed Gull at CF

Julie McCall tipped me to a Great Black-backed Gull at the Celery Farm this a.m. It was a bit far

February 11, 2023
By Jim Wright

Whimsical Monday Mystery Answered

I am not sure what kind of bird my father was drawing in the cartoon above. He was not a

February 10, 2023
By Jim Wright

1st Map of the Celery Farm?

Stiles Thomas and his family shared a copy of a 1982 NJ Audubon article that featured the first map I

February 6, 2023
By Jim Wright

Whimsical Monday Morning Mystery

I  came across this little detail in an illustration that my artist father did for a Philadelphia company many, many

February 4, 2023
By Jim Wright

Great Story on The Raptor Trust

The latest issue of New Jersey Monthly has a terrific story about one of my favorite places, The Raptor Trust.

February 2, 2023
By Jim Wright

My Column: World’s Smallest Bird

My column this week is about the Bee Hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world. I saw earlier several this