New Jersey

April 28, 2008
By Jim Wright

BIRDS: Duckling Rescue (video)

      The marsh warden of the Celery Farm coaxed a mallard mom and her 11 tiny ducklings out

April 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

OWL: ‘Think Worms,’ a video poem

   Pat Cooper, a friend of this blog, was inspired to write a poem based on one of my posts

April 2, 2008
By Jim Wright

Owl: The triumph of the egg

       Let me tell you about the five screech owl eggs that rest snugly in the nesting box

March 26, 2008
By Jim Wright

OWL: Four eggs!

     Mrs. Ace is a fast worker this spring — four eggs in eight days vs. four eggs in

March 24, 2008
By Jim Wright

VIDEO: Mrs. Ace with mouse

          I took this video with the digital recorder on Saturday night. I ran the recorder

March 22, 2008
By Jim Wright

Saving amphibians

  The Record has a story of mine today on hearty volunteers who act as crossing guards for salamanders and

March 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

OWL: Two eggs now (with video)

    I awoke early this morning to find two screech eggs and a dead little critter.  Since it was

March 21, 2008
By Jim Wright

FISH STORY: Heritage trout

  I have a story in The Record today about a nifty study on New Jersey’s brook trout, which have

March 19, 2008
By Jim Wright

OWL: Another videocam, another owl

  Very early the other morning, I activated the nest-box cams to see if Ace (or Mrs. Ace) was in

March 18, 2008
By Jim Wright

OWL: Second home

  When a crew cleaned out the wood-duck boxes on Lake Appert this winter, they found this screech owl scrunched