The latest post on The Nature Conservancy's New Jersey is about a recent aerial photography trip that TNC's Patty Doerr and i took with LightHawk.

I think Patty captures the experience really well, but then I am biased. (She took the photo above, too. Yes, that is my right shoulder.)

The link is here.

This is a very rare Eastern Bluebird Nesting Box. Can anyone guess why?  Answer on Wednesday.

If you've been seeing more young folks in the Celery Farm recently, it's because there are several Pokemon GO "Poke Stops" there, as noted in this shot of the Pokemon GO app on my iPhone in he Celery Farm.  I encountered three Pokemon between the entrance and the Spillway.

If any Pokemon GO players come across this post and are thinking of visiting the Celery Farm, please be advised that there are poison ivy and ticks, so please stay on the trails -- and look up once in a while and enjoy the Celery Farm.

There's lots of awesome nature to behold.

Meanwhile, I have to post my sighting to ePokemon.org.  (Just kidding.) (Thanks, Annabel, for getting me started.)

Had a nice group of butterfly hounds for the annual Tom Burr
Memorial Butterfly Walk this morning -- and a few butterflies and a Hummingbird Clear-winged Moth as well in what has not been a good year so far for butterflies.

Highlights included that awesome daytime moth, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail (above, photo for ID purposes), Eastern Tailed-blue and Red Admiral. Hope to post better pix by others later.

Also this mystery bug at right.

Thanks to all who participated!

Stopped by the Celery Farm after lunch today and looked for butterflies.

Happy to report that they have begun to arrive.

Sightings included  a hyperactive Monarch (left) on Common Milkweed (its host plant), a Red Admiral, a Pearl Crescent or two (below), a couple of skippers,  fleeting looks at some sort of fritillary, plus the usual Cabbage Whites.

And a Hummingbird Clear-winged Moth (above), plus other cool insects.

Fred's Meadow seems to be the real hot spot, so we may spend some time there on the Butterfly Hunt on Saturday morning at 10:30 at Green Way.

(A big thank you to Deputy Warden Fred Weber for planting all these butterfly-friendly native plants.)

Let's hope they stick around!

Butterfly Hunt participants will receive a free butterfly ID pamphlet while supplies last.