Message from the Winter Wind
January 31, 2019
Well, our January thaw is over. The north wind is hissing through the white pines again and yesterday’s mushy soils... Read More →
Animal Tracking III: The Rabbit and the Owl
January 24, 2019
In our most recent issue of Heritage, Jason Taylor mentioned seeing a photo of the tracks left in the snow... Read More →
Animal Tracking Part II: We Are All Individuals
January 17, 2019
This week’s snow captures tracks quite well. An early step to tracking animals is to first track humans. And one... Read More →
A Chimney Swift View from the Roof, from the Past to the Future
January 10, 2019
My son Reed bought an old house in Oxford, badly in need of repair. So one fine June morning we... Read More →
The Life of a White Pine
January 3, 2019
White pine was originally a key player in the Great Lakes and New England ecosystems. A few little outliers of... Read More →
A Few Notes About Camouflage
December 20, 2018
Many people, who are interested in watching/documenting/hunting wild animals, improve their odds of success by wearing camouflage. Camo can also... Read More →
Adventures in Conservation: Convicts with Knives
December 13, 2018
In 2005, Judy Joyce and I were working on an erosion control project on the banks of Clear Creek. We... Read More →
Animal Tracking Part 1: Body Plans
December 6, 2018
Well, our first snow came about on schedule for those of us south of I-80, and it offered a few... Read More →
Building a Better Brushpile
November 29, 2018
Many of the books and articles about creating or improving habitat advocate building brushpiles. And in my experience, this advocacy... Read More →
Winterberry: An Attractive and Useful Native
November 22, 2018
The East Coast has about a dozen species of holly, most of them evergreen, with pointy leaves and red berries,... Read More →
