Thin layer of ice on Lake Appert this morning, and plenty of birds at the feeder, including juncos and

   This has been such a hectic week that I forgot to post this little item.    I try not

  I have to give a huge thank you to all those who have responded to the “name the cam”

   Deadline for the name the cam contest is 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15.     The suggested names will

    Everybody thinks of those head-bobbing coots in the Celery Farm as docile to the point of dopey.  

       You see this berry around the Celery Farm a lot.    I posted this photo over the

   My friend Mike (the electrical engineer), his son Max and I installed the new duck box video-cam on Sunday.

   The new videocamera for the duck box should be installed today, just in time for five months of inactivity.

    Just back a quick trip from Hawk Mountain, where I saw snow and a lot more foliage than

     For those who can’t make it to the Celery Farm for reasons of geography, time, weather, or circumstance,