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January 3, 2022
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 010322

Can you I.D. this bird? Alan Pomerantz photographed it as it flew over the Celery Farm. (Thanks, Alan!) I thought

December 31, 2021
By Jim Wright

A Prose Poem to Cap the Year

My long-distance friend Pat Price wrote this prose poem after seeing my photo of a sunset from the Celery Farm.

December 28, 2021
By Jim Wright

A Hummingbird Record for Allendale

Allendale is in the (birding) record books for a rare Rufous Hummingbird that hung out at local feeder for nearly

December 27, 2021
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Murder Mystery

Charlie West shared this photo recently — of a Blue Jay buried head-first in his front yard. Any idea whodunit?

December 25, 2021
By Jim Wright

Christmas Tree Red-tailed Hawk

Two decades ago, Patty and I bought a live Christmas tree and planted it in the backyard. We had a

December 24, 2021
By Jim Wright

Salt Spill in Celery Farm Parking Lot

Please steer clear and do not walk through the salt.   We're trying to keep it out of the nearby

December 23, 2021
By Jim Wright

My Column: Your Fave Bird Books Are…?

The gray-phase screech owl is one of the many nocturnal raptors featured in Jonathan Evan Maslow's "The Owl Papers." Photo

December 20, 2021
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 122021

My wife Patty took this photo of a tree trunk in the Clove at High Mountain. Assuming the tree isn't

December 17, 2021
By Jim Wright

2021 Crowphy Update

My e-mail inbox has been flooded once again with queries from readers wanting to know what will become of this

December 16, 2021
By Jim Wright

Sunset Over the Fell House

Founding Father John Fell's property once include the wetlands now known as the Celery Farm. The historic Fell House was