Rob had 32 species this morning at the Celery Farm.

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   Rob sez: The Siskin Show continues at the CF. Some very nice looks today. Other highlights were a singing male Purple Finch, my first Fox Sparrow of the fall, and an up close and personal Winter Wren. Well worth getting out in the freezing cold.
   Fred Weber saw a Blackpoll -- new late date for CF.
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Best description of this creature wins a free "Icky the Hungry Heron" book, signed by the author and this chap...

For the past few weeks, there's been an interesting duck pairing on Lake Appert -- a male Mallard and a female Wood Duck, who seem inseparable.

  In addition, the female Wood Duck seems far less skittish around humans than your average Wood Duck.

    I have had little success looking up smiliar pairings on-line.

    Any thoughts?

    I am a big fan of hawk lookouts, and the one off the Palisades Interstate Parkway northbound offers several pluses that few others can.
    We arrived at 11a.m., a bit late for morning raptor watching, but we did see three Kestrels, two Sharpies, a Harrier and an Osprey. We also saw a loon pictured here (I assumed it was a D.C.Cormorant, but the marsh warden gently pointed out the error of my ways.)
   We also saw 450ish Pine Siskins whiz past, flock after flock.
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