My latest column for The Record and Herald News features some nifty bird-related poems sent in by readers.

My favorite poem of those submitted was "Sarah Orne Jewett Convinced Me," by Michael Mingo, which references an incredible Jewett short story entitled "The White Heron."

The link to the column is here.

A link to Jewett's short story is here.

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This one was originally entitled "Cardinal Sin?"

Congrats to Carol Dickman and Rob Fanning for correctly IDing the above bird as a Horned Grebe.

I don't think we've ever seen one at the Celery Farm...

Seen on a choppy Choptank River on a trip to the Eastern Shore. What is it? 

Saw one in the Meadowlands a couple of times a while back. 

Another view follows.