Last week I asked:
Saw these berries on High Mountain earlier this month. With thorns.
What kind of a berry, and why haven't any birds eaten them?
Diane Louie answered: Greenbrier? Is the sugar level highest very late in the season?
By Jove, I think she's right. More on Greenbrier here. (Thanks, Diane! Impressive.)
I saw a Pine Warbler at my feeder today but only managed a quick shot through my window.
This guy was so nice that he returned this afternoon and sat on a nearby.... Pine...
In case anyone needs one for their CF list... Betty McDonnell had one last week, and I am told John Bird heard one on Sunday during the Hour on the Tower. Could have been this guy.
Took this pic through the window pane while on the phone. Will try to do better in the future.
On Thursday, April 1, the Montclair Bird Club is announcing some major news about the Wild Turduckens of High Mountain, NJ.
The ornithological world may major never be the same.
(Above, a Wild Turducken egg with a telltale American quarter next to it.)
A non-blurry image of a Wild Turducken has never photographed. I am announcing a $25 reward to the best Wild Turducken photo sent to me by April 8.
Hint: They hang out on the summit of High Mountain around dusk on foggy nights.
What are you waiting for?
I've seen these pipes sticking out of the ground by the trail northeast of the deer exclosure.
Why are they there?
Tomorrow: Answer to last week's berry mystery....