November 2022
Consider the 2023 Celery Farm calendars, featuring beautiful color images taken at your favorite nature preserve.
Featured photographers are Bob Kane, Alan Pomerantz, Brian Jenkins, John Pastore, Mike Gallo, Stephanie Swanzey, Nick Sweatlock, Sally Teschon, Nancy Motto, Tom Mitchell, Thomas Jaeger, Lynn McKenzie, Mike Limatola and yours truly. (Thanks, all!)
As always, the calendar is packed with holidays and locally essential dates.
The calendars sell for $20 and are available at Allendale's Lee Memorial Library.
Calendar proceeds go to support the Fyke Nature Association, the all-volunteer group that maintains the nature preserve for the Borough of Allendale.
Thank you, Lee Memorial Library!
Monday Morning Mystery Trifecta
November 28, 2022
On a recent visit to Plum Island in Massachusetts, I saw these three plants. Have to admit that I don't know what they are.
Can you help?
I could go on iNaturalist, but then it wouldn't be a mystery.
My Column: Peregrine Photo Exhibit
November 24, 2022
Greenstone’s favorite image in his show features a bird-eye view of two peregrine falcons.
My latest column for The Record is about an exhibit of Peregrine Falcon photos by Wayne Greenstone.
You can read it here:
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Answer to a Recent Monday Mystery
November 22, 2022
What's wrong with this picture?
If you're a serious birder, you'll know why this is annoying...
Two followers of this blog have the right answer: The bird on the box is not a nighthawk. It is a raptor of some sort, but nighthawks are not raptors. I recall they may be goatsuckers. Can't make this stuff up.
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1998/Goatsuckers-Get-Some-Respect
Monday Morning Mystery 11212022
November 21, 2022
Name that bug. Occasionally see these guys at Moth Nights.
Kinda liked the photo so thought I'd post.