Seymour Drakes and I are taking a break. Please stay tuned. We shall return next week.

More on pishing here. 

On Monday I asked:

Find the bird in the leaf-litter photo above...

... and then ID it...

The bird is in the middle of the leaf litter. It is a female Purple Finch.  Congrats to all who ID'd it correctly.

The latest Fyke newsletter, done by Carol Flanagan, is now online. Lots of fascinating info makes it a must-read.

You can read it here.

(Thanks, Carol!)

Find the bird in the leaf-litter photo above...

... and then ID it...

Bruce Davis joined the Celery Farm volunteer corps this fall and has done a great job removing that excess aquatic planlife that was choking Lake Appert.

Bruce recently finished restoring the great view of the lake from the Pena Bench (above) and removing a blanket of floating pennywort nearby.  A similar view before Bruce got to work is below. Quite a difference.

(Thanks, Bruce!)