Nature photographer Jim Des Rivieres has taken the most amazing images of moths I have every seen.

An exhibition of his moth photography was featured at the American Museum of Natural History in 2013, and he even has a free app of his photographs (for more info, click here).

And starting this weekend, his photos will be on display at the Hudson Highlands Museum in Cornwall-on Hudson.

For more info, click here.

Patty and I saw this Red-shouldered Hawk above the Fell House barn at this morning. (Julie McCall pointed it out; thanks, Julie!)

I mention the sighting for two reasons.

1.Stay tuned for a major announcement about our Allendale Red-shouldered Hawks.

2. The sighting was the first for the Wright-Finn team in the 2015 Celery Farm Big Year. (Yes, we have been very remiss/busy/under-the-weather.) Just a reminder that the Fell House property is included in the competion.

An Americn Tree Sparrow showed up at my feeder (and nearby plants) after yesterday's snowfall.

Always a welcome guest.

I have been remiss in tending to the blog, so thought I would make partial amends by posting so pix of the Celery Farm from this morning's enchanting snowfall.

Saw tracks of a solitary x-country skier of winter (as opposed to a Solitary Sandpiper of summer).

More pix follow.

My latest column for The Record and Herald-News is about one of my main mentors when I began birding -- Rob Fanning, who has graciously helped so many folks learn to appreciate and understand local birds and nature.

The lnk is here.