From Mrs. Marsh Warden's garden in the summer.

 Might be a neat idea to get to the Celery Farm around sunrise on Monday morning -- judging by the thousands of small birds that flew in to roost after 4:30 p.m. today.

  They apparently had stayed out until after the Giants' overtime win.

   The photo above is just a smattering of the birds crosssing the dusky sky.

   I went on a hike at High Mountain Park Preserve in Wayne with the New Jersey chapter of The Nature Conservancy on Saturday, and saw this guy. A Red-tailed Hawk was not happy to share the forest with the GHO, but the owl didn't seem fazed in the least.

    The heavy rains of last night are gone, and like the flag at Fort McHenry, the Great Egret was still there. 

    This is a CF fall record by roughly 20 days. 

    Also, the Great Blue continues, along with a B. Kingfisher, an A. Coot and lots of Gadwalls etc. (though none near the Warden's Watch).

    Let's hope the trails dry out for the weekend.