Which of the above is it? And which two have never been seen at the Celery Farm, although folks often claim to have seen one.

On the first morning of summer, several birding-related emails arrived lickety-split -- and inspired a request for you later in this column. * First, a Ramsey birder sent this email to my local nature group: “While in my yard yesterday, I heard multiple Baltimore oriole sounds coming from hi...

After a year and a half of planning, I recently spent two weeks in northeast Ecuador, from Quito to the Amazon, and took a few photos along the way -- of lots of birds (Quetzal, Toucan, Macaw, many hummingbirds), giant river otters, caimen, scenics and more. I put them into a free eBook downl...

The Record was nice enough to publish my Op-ed piece on why you might want to think twice before you rake all those leaves. The link is here.

A reader asks for help with this bird ID. I think I know. What do you think it is?

My latest "Bird Watcher" column for The Record and Herald News is a remembrance of our friend Charlie Mayhood, who died earlier this month. The link is here. (A big thank you to Chris Archer for his illustration of the Big Sit 2004, in England.)

Taken at Duke Farms -- what is this?

Taken at Duke Farms -- what is this?

Virginia Tiger Moth On Wednesday night, we had our second annual Moth Ball at the historic Fell House. Although we did not get any large show-stopping moths aside from a glimpse or two at Mothra, we did get some exquisite moths, a gigundo Cave Cricket and a beautiful Praying Mantis -- plus q...

Here's one of the guys we hope to see at the Moth Ball at the Fell House on Wednesday night. What is it?

John Pastore writes: "Any idea what these berries are? Saw them at CF, near Phair's pond - size of a small blueberry. "Might make a neat Monday Morning Mystery." Answer tomorrow. Thanks, John!

In honor of this Saturday's Tom Burr Memorial Celery Farm Butterfly Walk, I posted a trifecta of butterfly mysteries taken last month at Duke Farms. Patrick Carney got two of the three right. (Nice going, Patrick; I would have guesses Brwod-winged Skipper, too!) The first guy is a Mourning Cl...

John Pastore writes: I took the mink challenge, reading that they were difficult to photograph on the CF blog, I figured I would try my hand. Tracking a doe and two fawns along Allendale Brook, when what do you know - a mink. I got a couple of the "mink behind leaves" and "blurry black blo...

John Pastore writes: I took the mink challenge, reading that they were difficult to photograph on the CF blog, I figured I would try my hand. Tracking a doe and two fawns along Allendale Brook, when what do you know - a mink. I got a couple of the "mink behind leaves" and "blurry black blo...

Here's this year's set-up of moth lights. Two of them are moth lights from BioQuip --the Mercury vapor light on the left and the ultra-violet "night collecting light" with the bluish light above it. I also use a cfl blacklight and a halogen light. Each of the lights seems to attract admirers,...

With the annual Tom Burr Memorial Celery Farm Butterfly Walk less than three weeks away, I thought I'd start running some butterfly mysteries. This skipper was taken last month at the Walker Avenue Wetlands in Wayne. What is it? The bigger mystery: How can we be in July already?

Alice Leurck photographed this skipper at the Celery Farm's awesome butterfly garden. What is it? (I know, tough to ID from one photo.) (Thanks, Alice!)

Alice Leurck photographed this guy at Phair's Pond at the CF after our First Satyrday walk. Any idea what it is? (Thanks, Alice!)

Purdy little Celery Farm flower -- can you ID it?

Photographed by the Allendale Brook during the cleanup.

A reader writes: How to stop a pesky robin from crashing in to our picture window every few seconds for a month. Nothing worked except hanging strips of plastic bag outside of window so the air moved them. I tried everything else. Hopefully, this year we won't be visited, but it happened...

Ken Buxton, who helps maintain the Celery Farm Wood Duck housing complex, asks: Where in the Celery Farm is this?

“Native Orchids of New Jersey” is speaker Rick Radis' subject at tonight's Fyke meeting at Allendale Borough Hall on Crescent Ave. Here's a description: “Because of its surprisingly wide range of habitats and biodiversity, New Jersey is home to over fifty species of wild orchids, more than ...

Seen on a trip to the Eastern Shore of Maryland: What is bushhogging?