If you read this via text or know anybody visiting the Celery Farm right now, please be advised that a bear is in the vicinity of the parking lot, Pittis Ave., and in the Celery Farm itself. Pass the word.

   The police are on the case.

   Can anyone ID this shadowy dragonfly?

   Clue below.

   Lisa and Bob Safier photographed this coyote yesterday at the northern end of the Celery Farm, carrying a former woodchuck. (Thanks, Bob and Lisa!)

   Saw a B. Kingfisher and two Green Herons from the Warden's Watch this a.m. 

  The other evening saw five B.C. Night Herons, five G.B. Herons, a Green Heron and Great Egret.

   The Bobwhites are still being seen not far from the Butterfly Garden.

   Lots of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and plenty of dragonflies.

 
   Not the cheeriest of topics but ...When a friend e-mailed me for advice on what to do with a dead bat she found, I passed along the question to MacKenzie Hall of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

   Here's MacKenzie's reply:

     Freshly deceased bats should be handled carefully with leather gloves and refrigerated immediately in double plastic ziplock bags to buy time while determining what to do with it.   

   If a possible exposure occurred – like waking up with a dead bat in the bedroom, or if a child or pet had contact – then you should call the NJ Department of Health or a local health department and submit the bat for rabies testing (see  http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/batexposure.pdf).