Jim Wright

May 26, 2008
By Jim Wright

SNAKES: Look but don’t touch

  It's snake season at the Celery Farm — particularly on sunny days.    Most important thing to know: They

May 23, 2008
By Jim Wright

ALLENDALE: Barn swallows

Barn swallow   The best place in Allendale to see barn swallows is not the Celery Farm but the Red Barn

May 22, 2008
By Jim Wright

BIRDING: Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated hummingbird (F)   If you haven’t put up your hummingbird feeder yet, time’s a-wasting. I have had male and female

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Screech Owl Jamboree in Espanol

Cuatro adorables lechucitas, sus increíbles padres, una cámara-nido y una vibrante banda de sonido bluegrass.   (This is the spanish-language

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: ‘Screech Owl Jamboree’

  This 3:34 minute video is my favorite — a screech owl family seen over four months, with great bluegrass

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Think worms

This 40-second video was shot this spring, when Mrs. Ace was sitting on five eggs and Mr. Ace had to

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Duckling Rescue

This 1:08 minute video features Allendale Marsh Warden Stiles Thomas showing how to coax a mallard Mom and her ducklings

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Great horned owl family

   This 53-second video shows a mom great horned owl guarding her nest.    There are two babies, within days

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Red-shouldered hawk release

This 54-second video shows the release of a rehabilitated red-shouldered hawk.  The female was found by the side of a

May 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Wonderful (wood duck) world

This sweet 34-second video was recorded on Memorial Day 2007, and it was a happy accident.    A young friend