Nature Done Wright

Marsh Warden Mike Limatola and I took a 90-minute walk through the Celery Farm and saw some awesome wildlife — a young mink, a Mourning Cl
oak butterfly, a Green Heron (above), huge Snapping Turtes, lots of Palms and RC Kinglets, and a few Yellow-rumps. Oh, and an Osprey with a fish.

Rob Fanning reported an American Bittern earlier. A big thank you to Rob, Julie McCall and Doug Morel for helping us with the Green Heron.

Full bird list and more pix follow, including a crappy one of the mink (I only had my point-and-shot). An amazing morning.

The Celery Farm, Bergen, US-NJ
Apr 12, 2014 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.4 mile(s)
Comments:     Green Heron, lots of Palms, a young mink and a Mourning Cloak
33 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 
Mute Swan 
Wood Duck 
Mallard 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Great Blue Heron 
Great Egret 
Green Heron  1     Seen many times…  Blue Heron Pond and Allendale Brook
Black Vulture 
Osprey 
Mourning Dove 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Blue Jay 
crow sp. 
Tree Swallow 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Tufted Titmouse 
White-breasted Nuthatch 
Carolina Wren 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
American Robin 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Palm Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
White-throated Sparrow 
Dark-eyed Junco 
Northern Cardinal 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow 

Mink is in there somewhere. No, really!