A Black-and-white, Yellows, Common Yellowthroats and Palms -- mostly along the Allendale Brook this a.m..

A friend at The Nature Conservancy writes:

"All signs are pointing to the first osprey egg arriving at TNC’s South Cape May Meadows Preserve any time now. Our viewers have been glued to the South Cape May Meadows osprey nest cam for days waiting for the first egg of the season."

Zainab Naseer was nice enough to share these images of a Black-and-white Warbler from yesterday afternoon. (Thanks, Zainab!)

Here's a Rob Fanning-style question: Now that the Yellow-throated Warbler is gone, what will be the next rarity to visit the Celery Farm?

This male showed up at the feeders this morning. Low light, so no ruby throat...

Time to put out your h-bird feeders....!

This rare yellow-throated warbler was a recent crowd-pleaser for a variety of reasons.

My column for The Record and other USA Today newspapers in New Jersey is about the rare (for here) Yellow-throated Warbler that visited the Celery Farm this month. With a great photo by John Pastore, above.

The column is here: