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High Mountain's Buttermilk Falls Lookin' Good

Stopped by High Mountain's Buttermilk Falls at Scioto Drive to see how it was doing after the recent heavy rains. It was lookin' -- and soundin' -- great.

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High Mountain Clove Area 50 Years Ago

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When I walk to the Clove in the High Mountain Park Preserve, I enter from the end of Scioto Drive or the little circle on Indian Trail Drive -- both in Franklin Lakes. I've always suspected that the roads once extended into what is no...

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Last Week's Mystery Answered!

Last week I asked: Saw these berries on High Mountain earlier this month. With thorns. What kind of a berry, and why haven't any birds eaten them? Diane Louie answered: Greenbrier? Is the sugar level highest very late in the season...

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Fishing Line Deters House Sparrows

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You learn something new every day. My friend Scott Weston in Massachusetts advises using monofilament to deter House Sparrows from commandeering Bluebird Boxes -- and Tree Swallow boxes, and other boxes. You can read more here.

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Monday Morning Mystery Answered

On Monday I wrote: Saw this spectrum in the sky to the south of Allendaler ecently, like a sliver of a rainbow. Does this sort of thing have a name, and what causes it?

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The Lenape(s) at High Mountain

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On a recent visit to the Mohonk Preserve, I happened upon a reproduction Lenape Longhouse, pictured above. I share the photos because an extended family of Lenape(s) is said to have lived in a similar longhouse in Fr...

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The Old Bajor Farm Part II

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Stiles Thomas shared this poem by Patricia Cooper with me more than a dozen years ago. I asked her to record it for me, and with the help of a friend, I made it into a video (above).It was before HD, alas. I am also reposting the p...

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Featuring the Celery Farm Nature Preserve, Red-shouldered Hawks, High Mountain, and Jim Wright's column "The Bird Watcher."

Directions

Directions to The Fell House
Look for white house with pillars, white barn, on west side of Franklin Turnpike, just north of Cottage Place.
Directions to Green Way entrance to the Celery Farm
Green Way is off the Franklin Turnpike, the second right heading north after the Celery Farm parking lot on the Franklin Turnpike. Parking is in the cul de sac. This is a residential street, so please drive and park considerately. Please do not block the large gates leading into the Celery Farm, and please park parallel to the curb.
Directions To Celery Farm Main Parking Lot
Parking lot is on your right, north of Cottage Place, past three houses. Please do not park on the sidewalk -- it is illegal, by state law. You could damage the sidewalk, make it dangerous for pedestrians, and receive a ticket. (Pass the word if you see anyone parking on thes sidewalk.)

About Me

About Me
Jim Wright is the author of the upcoming "Screech Owl Companion." His other books include "The Real James Bond" and large-format books about the New Jersey Meadowlands, Pennsylvania’s Hawk Mountain, Allendale's Celery Farm Nature Preserve, and the largest rainforest in Central America. He has also written two e-books on Bald Eagles (including one for Duke Farms) and one on Red-shouldered Hawks. He has written “The Bird Watcher” column for The Record since 2009. He is a deputy warden of the Celery Farm, a board member of Allendale's Lee Memorial Library, and a former trustee forThe Nature Conservancy in New Jersey.