Monday Morning Mystery 052118
May 21, 2018
This has been lying in the ditch along the path south of the Butterfly Garden for years.
Looks sort of like a gutter, but could it be an old watering trough from the Celery Farm's farm days.
May 2018
Where Did His Goldfinches Go?
May 20, 2018
A reader writes:
My wife and I feed birds 12 months a year and have since 1993.
We are visited by goldfinches, sometimes as many as 40 on our four Nyjer feeders, from early fall into late spring.
Last week they disappeared after the May 10 storm. Not a one has visited since then. Do they migrate North to breed around this time?
Any advice would be appreciated.
I responded that the goldfinches may have left because of a local outside cat or nesting accipiter (because goldfinches breed here, just later in the season than most birds).
What do you think?
Can You I.D. This Bird?
May 19, 2018
A reader writes:
Please identify this poor wet birdie who was drowning in my fish pool when my MIL fished him out with a small piece of wood.
Poor little guy was shivering and allowed me to get these closeups.
Looks like someone tried to dab blue paint on his face!
A friend thought he was a first winter Indigo Bunting. Is he correct?
I can’t imagine such a beautiful bird popping up in my yard in Maywood!
Monday Mystery Answered
May 19, 2018
On Monday I asked,
What's been chewing on the Brotherton Wren box, and what's the best way to repair the damage to prevent its recurrence?
Carol Flanagan blamed a squirrel an suggested putting up a metal barrier along the gnawed part.
We'll see what we can do. (Thanks, Carol!)
The Land of Deer and Wild Turkeys
May 18, 2018
I remember reading how North Jersey was the "the land of Deer and Wild Turkeys" in the days of John Fell.
I guess it is once more, for better or worse. (Couldn't fit the other three deer in the frame.)