November 9, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 7 Ramsey For the last 10 years, a family of endangered red-shouldered hawks has nested in Allendale and in nearby Ramsey. To chronicle their struggles and triumphs, local nature writer Jim Wright and photographer Jerry Barrack have created “Survival: The Red-shouldered Hawks of Allendale, NJ.” The book also features photos by other local nature photographers, a locator map with the hawk’s nesting sites from 2002 to 2011, and an interview with Celery Farm Warden Emeritus Stiles Thomas, who has followed the hawks’ triumphs Left: A detail of the dust jacket from the book features Jerry and tragedies for the past Barrack’s 2011 mother and son portrait of Allendale’s redshouldered hawks in their nest. Right: Stiles Thomas with decade. “It’s a heart-warming one of the local hawks. local story, and the color photos are terrific,” said Wright, who has Birds Unlimited in Paramus, and Wild Bird previously teamed with Barrack on sev- Emporium in Midland Park. The hard cover eral books about Allendale’s Celery Farm version will sell for approximately $38, and Natural Area. “It’s also the story of all the the soft-cover will sell for approximately folks in Allendale and nearby Ramsey who $28. The book, for sale by pre-order, should have taken these beautiful birds under their be available in early December. wing.” Other books by Wright and Barrack A signed, limited edition of the 72-page book, filled with photos of these hawks over include “In the Presence of Nature” and the past decade, will be on sale at Rohsler’s “Duck Enough to Fly.” These books are Allendale Nursery in Allendale, Wild also available at Rohsler’s. New book features endangered hawk family