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 |…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
October 12, 2011
Mystery Revealed
This mystery was a real toughie — so little to go on.
This is a silhouette of a Red-tailed hawk as it flies toward (and successfully nails) a chipmunk at the George Washington Middle School in Ridgewood.
The swifts arrived last Tuesday night just after this fellow left with his prey.
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I totally admit to lightening this photo up in a graphics program to see if that helped, and giving up anyway. 🙂
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I totally admit to lightening this photo up in a graphics program to see if that helped, and giving up anyway. 🙂