Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
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Monday Morning Mysteries
Can you identify these two flowers? Answers later this week. (I love their names.)
Fall Planting ‘Open Door’ Days
Frank Alcaide and his son Christian have been spearheading the native plant garden on the east side of the Celery
Screech Owl Rescue
This red-phase Eastern Screech Owl got stuck in a net, and Wayne Township Animal Control brought it to the Franklin
Judy Cinquina’s Hawk Watch Advice
The Mount Peter Hawk Watch, founded in 1957, is the oldest all-volunteer raptor-counting location in America. With prime time
A Rare Gull at the Celery Farm
Ace birder Fred Weber spotted a distant Bonaparte's Gull Tuesday morning at the Celery Farm. It was flying near the
A Primo Review of My Owl Book
Birding Magazine's September issue features an excellent review of my Screech Owl Companion by noted naturalist and author Carl Safina,
My Column: My First Birding Lesson
A great blue heron made a big impression when I was young. Photo credit: Thomas Chung My latest column for
Listen to My NPR Interview
On Tuesday evening, my Screech Owl Companion co-author Scott Weston were guests on "Bird Calls," an NPR program out of
If You Find a Dead Raptor…
Earlier this month, I got a text from Bergen County Audubon's Don Torino about two dead Red-Tailed Hawks in Tenafly.
My column: Emily the Birder
Emily the Birder hopes to see her 200th bird species this month. Photo by Jim Wright My latest column for

