Vas is das?

Huge clue follows.

Thanks to all you solved the Monday Morning Mystery -- it's a Quince. Still trying to figure out why it's bearing fruit this year...

Friends at Bergen SWAN & Bergen County Historical Society Present Hackensack River StoryNight ~A Celebration of the River through Words and Art.

The fund-raiser is Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. Church of the Holy Communion, Summit & Blanche Avenues, Norwood.

Details follow.

  I did a little fall cleaning of the Screech Owl nesting box over the weekend.

I put in new wood chips, and then got the miniature video-cam working again and trained on the entire floor of the box.

I don't expect to see an owl in the box for at least another month -- and possibly not until early December -- but I will check the box regularly to make sure there is no squirrel activity.

Secret to successful screech owl boxes: As soon as you detect a squirrel using the box, evict it immediately. Rinse and repeat.

This is the fruit of a backyard plant that attracts Baltimore Orioles in the spring from the Celery Farm. We have never seen the plant bear fruit before.

Any thoughts on the plant or its new fruit capacity?