Photographer Jerry Barrack and I are launching our two new children’s books, "Icky the Hungry Heron" and "Swan

         Rich Whitby, a colleague at The Record, came across this creature along the Appalachian Trail near

      Had a nice rare treat at the Celery Farm yesterday morning — a red-breasted nuthatch.    This

    Went to Montclair Hawk Watch on Saturday to catch a little of opening day of hawk counting there.

            It’s hard to believe it is September already. The air seems a tad crisper. The

            My wife spotted this bug while she and I were walking in the Celery

   I did my second summer bat count for the state’s Endangered and Non-Game Species program recently.   I counted

      Saw a mute swan on Lake Appert this morning [insert positive or negative reaction here].    Also

            The squirrel family is still living in another tree condo somewhere, and I think it’s