Christmas Bird Counters saw four Virginia Rails at the CF last weekend.   This was one of them.     More on

    In a post last week, I wrote about how Eastern Screech Owls come in two phases (or, more accurately,

 Three deer total (two in the bottom picture).I saw four total.

    Christmas morning, 9 a.m.     Any thoughts, or is this too easy?      Click here for more Monday morning mysteries.

The Celery Farm Christmas Bird Counters graciously allowed me to tag along on their hour-long loop.  The fearsome fivesome —

   The Ramsey CBC is today. I plan to walk around the CF with the counters and file a brief

   Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and a great holiday season!

   This Carolina Wren has been hanging by the feeder in recent days. Also saw a Northern Flicker and female