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September 29, 2022
By Jim Wright

My Column: October Big Day

My latest column for The Record is about a neat global birding event called Global Big Day — with a

September 27, 2022
By Jim Wright

Help Save the Monarchs

   Allendale’s Butterfly Summer has stretched into fall.    Learn about the life cycle and raising of Monarch butterflies, the

September 26, 2022
By Jim Wright

More On that Record-tying Hour

I wrote a column two years ago about the previous most-recent record-tying Hour on the Tower. You can read it

September 26, 2022
By Jim Wright

Record-Tying Hour on the Tower

    The folks participating in yesterday's Hour on the Tower tied the long-standing record for bird species seen in one

September 26, 2022
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 09262022

What the heck is this? (On the left.) Maybe a tad larger than a quarter-dollar. Recently appearing at Lee Memorial

September 23, 2022
By Jim Wright

Tonight’s Fyke Meeting: Change of Plans

I am sorry to report that guest speaker extraordinaire Kevin Watson is under the weather, so tonight's Fyke gathering will

September 20, 2022
By Jim Wright

Kevin Watson’s Africa Talk Is Friday

September 23, 2022, Friday – 8 p.m., Allendale Municipal Building African Safari: Big Game and Birds, Kevin Watson Birder and

September 19, 2022
By Jim Wright

Free Zoom Talk about High Mountain

I am doing a free Zoom talk on High Mountain and its historic Clove Tuesday night at 7:30 for the

September 19, 2022
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 09192022

This is tough one. Can you I.D. these two large birds over Crestwood Lake last week?

September 15, 2022
By Jim Wright

Cutting the Phragmites by the Pirie Platform

Kevin Watson, Gabrielle Schmidt and I took a whack at the phragmites in from of the Pirie-Mayhood Tower in hopes