Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
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My Column: Meadowlands Birding Festival
Photo by Ron Shields My latest column for The Record is about the Meadowlands Birding Festival. Alas, I couldn't fit
The 2024 CF Calendars Are Here!
The 2024 Celery Farm calendars are now on sale at Lee Memorial Library (500 W. Crescent Ave.) for a $20
Monday Hawk Watch Mystery Part 4
This is an easy one for many — a raptor's eye view of a popular hawk watch. I took the
Monday Hawk Watch Mystery Answered
On Monday, I wrote: Took this photo above at the end of August, the calm before the human storm at
State Line Hawk Watch: More Broad-wings!
I helped count at State Line yesterday, Here are the totals: Observation Start Time (EST) -9 am Observation End Time
Butterflies Are Free(d)
The first of the Monarchs nurtured at Lee Memorial Library was released yesterday to great applause. The butterfly, named Skippy
Butterfly Release at Library; Turtle Alert
The first of three Monarch butterfly caterpillars at Allendale's Lee Memorial Library has emerged from its chrysalis (left). The new
Monday Hawk Watch Mystery Part 3
In honor of the fall raptor migration, I'm posting a series of five photos of a hawk watch in New
A New Hour-on-the-Tower Record
John Bird reports: Beautiful morning at the Celery Farm – sunny, calm, low/mid 50's. An astonishingly great morning for birding

