The 2023 Celery Farm calendars have arrived, featuring beautiful color images taken at your favorite nature preserve. Featured photographers are

On Monday I wrote: Patty found these in the backyard. I placed the quarter for scale. The hummingbird feeder pole

Susie Q. took this shot from the Warden watch last week. (Thanks, Susie!)

Not sure if the Sora is still around, but I found the best place to see it is from the

Patty found these in the backyard. I placed the quarter for scale. The hummingbird  feeder pole was bent like licorice.

A couple of thoughtful birders reported that two concerned boys had pulled a turtle trap from Lake Appert, in the

Lake Appert was way low on water but very still.  Saw the Sora from the Pirie-Mayhood Tower. (Still too distant

Saw the Peregrine twice between 5 and 6 p.m., which is why I never saw the Sora and why there

The mudflats continue to attract unusual birds, including a Wilson's Phalarope his afternoon. (Thanks to Fred Weber for seeing the

   Mount Peter in the 1960s. Mount Peter Hawk Watch founder Stiles Thomas,a.k.a. "Tan Man," is pictured. Photo by Harry