Talked to Stiles Thomas, the monitor of the Red-shouldered  Nest in Allendale yesterday a.m.  Not only is there at least one baby Red-shoulder in the nest, but its father now has a name.  Laura's mate's name is David.

The male is named after David Reik, the host of the nest these past two springs...

"I have spoken," said Stiles, who has follwed the Red-shoulders in Allendale for more than 70 years.  

In Wednesday I will post two "new" old aerial photos of the Celery Farm, thanks to Stiles and Lillian Thomas. 

Next Wednesday will be another batch, from 1988.

Thanks to all who sent in rabbit pix! They were all great but I think this was the winner, by John Pastore.  (Thanks, John!)

I will try to repost the "Mammals of the Celery Farm" with the added pix one of these days.

Sometimes the spring foliage at the Celery Farm looks a lot like the fall foliage -- especially late in the day. Took this shot yesterday evening.

My latest column in The Record and Herald-News is on dealing with human-avian turf wars -- like the House Sparrow that wants to nest in your air vent or the woodpecker that attacks your sideview mirror.

Link is here.

(Pic above is by Bob Leafe, who also photographed Hammy the Red-tail for this column.  Hammy liked to perch on his air-conditioning unit. Thanks, Bob!)