About the Giant Goldfish that the Osprey Caught
April 19, 2025
Photo by John Pastore
Legend has it...
https://www.celeryfarm.net/2018/09/allendales-pet-supply-business-back-when.html
Stepping Up For the Celery Farm
April 18, 2025
Deputy March Warden Gabriele Schmitt writes:
This year's dates for Stepping Up for The Celery Farm 2025 are May 3 & 4.
Once again, I'm asking you to support the annual fundraiser for our amazing 107-acre wetland and nature preserve. People of all ages and all levels of birding skill are invited to walk the paths and to identify and count the many birds that visit during Spring Migration.
By taking part in our citizen-science project, you'll help raise the funds needed to purchase plants, seeds, tools, etc.
Across our planet, habitat loss is a crucial factor in species decline. Every safe, welcoming space is vital to survival. The Celery Farm continues to provide a place to rest, to nest, to raise the next generation of birds and other wildlife.
We do not receive funding from the Borough of Allendale or the State of NJ.
We rely totally on Fyke membership dues, your donations and this fundraiser. The work is done primarily by volunteers. A big THANK YOU! out to all who offer their labor and good humor.
Stepping Up For The Celery Farm 2025 - the financial how-to!
This year you can make your pledges online. Just open the Fyke website Events page https://www.fykenature.
This only works with your participation and financial support.
Thank you!
Gabriele
Incredible Osprey Shots
April 12, 2025
When my friend John Pastore sent me an email slugged "Someone Missed the 'No Fishing' signs at the Celery Farm," I didn't know quite what to expect.
Then I saw the two photos that John enclosed. I just had to share them.
Thanks, John!
Save the Date: My June 6 Talk
April 12, 2025
My newest talk will be at a fund-raising luncheon for The Valley Hospital Auxiliary on Friday, June 6, in Midland Park. Should be fun-- and for a good cause. Here's the writeup:
Backyard Bergen Birds (of a Feather)
Jim Wright, the "Bird Watcher" columnist for The Record, will present a lively illustrated presentation about the beautiful birds in our yards, why they fascinate us, and where else to see them nearby and down the Shore.
Jim is an author, public speaker and nature photographer who lives next to the Celery Farm Nature Preserve in Allendale, where he is a marsh warden. He will bring some of his books for sale -- about screech owls, the "real" James Bond, and a very hungry heron.
The luncheon is called “Birds of a Feather Lunch Together”. June 6 , noon-3:00, Midland Park firehouse (45 Witte Drive, Midland Park). Tickets are $55. Contact Robin Burgess 201-485-8690