Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
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Red-breasted Nuthatch at Our Feeder
Happy to see the Red-breasted Nuthatch back at the feeder after the snow. Hadn't seen it in a while, and
Monday Morning Mystery 010322
Can you I.D. this bird? Alan Pomerantz photographed it as it flew over the Celery Farm. (Thanks, Alan!) I thought
A Prose Poem to Cap the Year
My long-distance friend Pat Price wrote this prose poem after seeing my photo of a sunset from the Celery Farm.
A Hummingbird Record for Allendale
Allendale is in the (birding) record books for a rare Rufous Hummingbird that hung out at local feeder for nearly
Monday Morning Murder Mystery
Charlie West shared this photo recently — of a Blue Jay buried head-first in his front yard. Any idea whodunit?
Christmas Tree Red-tailed Hawk
Two decades ago, Patty and I bought a live Christmas tree and planted it in the backyard. We had a
Salt Spill in Celery Farm Parking Lot
Please steer clear and do not walk through the salt. We're trying to keep it out of the nearby
High Mountain Clove Area 50 Years Ago
When I walk to the Clove in the High Mountain Park Preserve, I enter from the end of Scioto Drive
My Column: Your Fave Bird Books Are…?
The gray-phase screech owl is one of the many nocturnal raptors featured in Jonathan Evan Maslow's "The Owl Papers." Photo
Monday Morning Mystery 122021
My wife Patty took this photo of a tree trunk in the Clove at High Mountain. Assuming the tree isn't

