August 28, 2026
My Column: State Line Hawk Watch
A view of State Line Lookout and the Hudson River beyond in Alpine. By Jim WrightSpecial to The Record |…
Sandee Faust, a friend of this blog, passed along some photos of classic Celery Farm summer sights — a Green Frog (I think), a Spicebush Swallowtail (taken on Saturday's Butterfly Walk), and a Milkweed Bug (above).
As with the Monarchs that use the Common Milkweed as a host plant, the Milkweed Bugs taste terrible to any bird that tries to eat them.