Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
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My Column: Merlin Sound I.D. App
A white-throated sparrow calling, with an inset of the Sound ID app. CourtesyKevin Pero/Macaulay Library. My latest column for The
Can You Help ID This Caterpillar?
A friend asks for I.D. help on this caterpillar. It looks vaguely familiar — a moth caterpillar perhaps? iNaturalist suggests
3 Future Butterflies in the Library
As you enter the big room at Lee Memorial Library, be sure to look to your left and check out
Monday Morning Mystery: Wawayanda Pt. 2
Recently paddled to our favorite island on Lake Wawayanda. Used the iNaturalist app to help identify a plant and a
Purple Martin Cruise Spectacular
Took the three-hour Purple Martin Spectacular cruise out of Port Norris, N.J., with friends last night, The weather was great,
Monday Morning Mystery: Wawayanda Pt. 1
Recently paddled to our favorite island on Lake Wawayanda in Wawayanda State Park. Used the iNaturalist app to identify some
Jewelweed Time!
This beautiful wildflower used to be all over the Celery Farm — until White-tailed Deer proliferated. You can still find
Hats Off to the Trail Maintainers
The Celery Farm has a great bunch of volunteers who keep the trails (and the Butterfly Garden) looking great. Bruce
Monday Mystery Answered
My latest Monday Morning Mystery turned out to be better than I thought. On Monday, I wrote: When I was
My Column: In Defense of Grackles
My latest column for The Record and other USA Today papers in New Jersey is an appreciation of grackles. Yeah,

