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My Column: State Line Hawk Watch
A view of State Line Lookout and the Hudson River beyond in Alpine. By Jim WrightSpecial to The Record |…
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Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
May 28, 2017
Scenes From the Celery Farm, Late May
The view from the Pirie Mayhood Tower on Friday.
Wild Turkeys in an adjacent parking lot.
What are these plants by the Pirie-Mayhood Tower?
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Viburnum dentatum, or arrow wood. Mine isn’t blooming yet. Best part: deer resistance, though sometimes silly juveniles will take a bite. It apparently has a good yuck factor!
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Diane Van Kempen
Viburnum dentatum, or arrow wood. Mine isn’t blooming yet. Best part: deer resistance, though sometimes silly juveniles will take a bite. It apparently has a good yuck factor!