Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

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October 7, 2019
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery 100719

Can you I.D. these two insects, which I saw flying united at The Nature Conservancy's  Mashomack Preserve two weeks ago?

October 6, 2019
By Jim Wright

Beware the Ambush Bug

Alice Leurck got some cool shots of a bug I had never head of — the aptly named Ambush Bug.

October 5, 2019
By Jim Wright

Monday Morning Mystery Answered

  On Monday I wrote: While visiting Shelter Island last weekend, I found the above Eastern Box Turtle shell next

October 5, 2019
By Jim Wright

Black-throated Green at the CF

Alice Leurck writes: Lucky to get photos of this bird at the Celery Farm early this week. It came with

October 5, 2019
By Jim Wright

I’m Telling Ghost Stories in Ramsey

Phantoms of the Ramapos & the Ghosts of Allendale Join me Thursday, October 10, at 7 p.m., at the Ramsey

October 4, 2019
By Jim Wright

Celery Farm Report

With the water levels so low on Lake Appert, thought I'd best head out with a spotting scope and check

October 3, 2019
By Jim Wright

My New Column: Hawks Over the Hudson

My new column in The Record is an interview with Bill Streeter of the Delaware Valley Raptor Center. This engaging

October 2, 2019
By Jim Wright

Shelter Island: Combating Deer Ticks

At Shelter Island's Mashomack Preserve, I noticed several spots that looked like composting stations. When I read the sign, I

October 2, 2019
By Jim Wright

I Am a Pisher No More — or am I?

Ever since watching (and hearing) master pisher Rob Fanning work his magic at the Celery Farm, I have aspired to

October 1, 2019
By Jim Wright

A High Mountain Hike

Took a hike to the summit of High Mountain last week with the Glen Rock Activities Club and enjoyed great

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