October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…

Don Torino's latest column for wildnewjersey.tv is on the joys and difficulties of trying to identify birds.
Here's a sample:
"How wonderful birding is at keeping us all humble. Despite countless books, apps, websites, and years of experience, Mother Nature is just making sure we didn’t get to full of ourselves.
"Just when we think we got it all down, here come the migrating shorebirds, the fall warblers, and the October sparrows. Mother Nature reminds us that despite what we might think we know, we will always be learning about the wonders of the natural world."
The link is here.