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August 19, 2022
By Jim Wright

Cormorant Rescue at the Celery Farm

Yesterday morning, Julie McCall texted me that a Double-crested Cormorant was walking on the path near the deer exclosure. We

August 18, 2022
By Jim Wright

My Column: Green Herons

My latest column for The Record is about one of my favorite birds of summer, the Green Heron.  Featuring a

August 15, 2022
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 08152022

Can you identify these two butterflies seen Saturday near the Celery Farm?

August 12, 2022
By Jim Wright

The Perils of a Pesticide

Environmentalist Tom Gilbert has a compelling opinion article about the threat that "neonics" pose to birds and beneficial insects. It's

August 9, 2022
By Jim Wright

Crunch-Time for Lanternflies!

   I killed my first two spotted lanternflies in the Celery Farm today. They were crawling at eye level on a

August 8, 2022
By Jim Wright

Monday Mystery 08082022

What are these guys? What kinds? Should we be worried about the "Doobie Brothers" on the right?

August 5, 2022
By Jim Wright

UPO Still at Celery Farm

The unidentified perching object is back in the same place I saw it yesterday, to the left of the Warden's

August 4, 2022
By Jim Wright

Is This the Little Blue Heron?

Julie McCall found it this a.m. Could be a plastic bag, but the Little Blue has been seen in this

August 4, 2022
By Jim Wright

My Column: Recalling a Gifted Nature Artist

            Lloyd Sandford drew thousands of illustrations for the Bronx Zoo –and the Bergen County Audubon Society's logo.

August 3, 2022
By Jim Wright

At the Butterfly Garden

There is a butterfly in each photo. Some are just harder to see.