Since this is Friday the 13th, I thought I'd do a little post on birds and superstitions.    I

    My birding column in The Record and Herald-News today is all about the Christmas Bird Count — and how

   Walked out to the Warden's Watch at lunchtime today and thought I'd do an update.    The American Wigeons

   A few years ago, Jerry Barrack, Doug Goodell and I did a children's book called "Duck Enough To Fly,"

 We had a pair of primo American Wigeons at the CF on Sunday (and they were incredibly close to the

  I am trying to de-Twitter this blog to eliminate the annoying pop-ups that seem to be affecting many bloggers

  This is a little beyond the Celery Farm, but a pretty amazing video of a hummingbird courtship dispaly from

    Sally Teschon offers this Monday Morning Mystery — or Monday Morning Rorschach Test.    What do you see?  

     Fellow Blogger and Fyker Diane Brown has a nice post on our fleeting autumn, with pix. Post is here.

       We had a great turnout for Ducks at Dusk II at the Celery Farm late yesterday afternoon. More