A big thank you to all who attended today's annual Celery Farm butterfly walk. At least 24 people, last I counted.

Saw lots of nature and some butterflies on this beautiful summer's day, and unveiled a new plaque in memory of Stiles Thomas at Phairs Pond.

This 1977 sculpture proved to be a modern-day mystery with a twist.

My latest column is about an unusual raptor sculpture and the man behind it.

You can read it here:

Wasps of all sorts seem to have a bad rep, often undeserved.

Take the Cicada Killer Wasps seen around sandy soils in Allendale of late, including Lee Memorial Library.

These wasps are harmless to humans unless provoked, and they help curb the cicada population by killing them in a most unusual way.

They are beneficial.Please leave them be!

You can read more about them here:

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/cicada-killer-wasps

Can you identify this bird?

I photographed it earlier this month in Annapolis, Maryland.

Moths & Movie Monday
at the John Fell House

Monday, July 24, is Allendale's 11th anniversary Moth Night, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.  The John Fell House, the Fyke Nature Association, and Lee Memorial Library are celebrating at the historic home on Franklin Turnpike. Elena Tartaglia, a biology professor at Bergen Community College and a National Moth Week founder, will do a short talk at 7:45 p.m. and supply the moth lights.

We will also show "Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-out Attack" outside on the library's outdoor movie projector and movie screen to see if any real-live moths are attracted to the cinematic Mothra. We might even try to serve s'mores (but not s'moths) if everyone behaves. Bring your own non-aerosol mosquito spray and water. Rain date is Tuesday, July 25. Ends at 10 p.m. To register, email Jim Wright at [email protected].

This program is brought to you thanks to a generous grant from the Winifred M. and George P. Pitkin Foundation.