Tracking at McCoy Chapman Preserve with Naturalist Dan Gardoqui By Julie Reiff Dan Gardoqui talks about what an animal’s tracks tells us...

By James Reddoch I stepped out early to fill the feeders January 1, 2025. No sooner than I dumped fresh, shelled sunflower seeds into the...

By Sara Wright Iterating rosettes created intricate patterns as they wound themselves around the maple bark along with about five other...

By Sara Wright During the early autumn I search for the first native wild winterberry’s bittersweet orange to scarlet fruits....

By Linda Ray As we finish putting our gardens to bed and start thinking about the winter months ahead, I notice how quiet it has been,...

By James Reddoch Sandhill cranes have been reported as occasional migrants in Maine going back to the early 1960s. The first confirmed...

By Martha Siegel It was an awfully loud summer, but lately, things have gotten a lot  quieter as the chilly fall air has settled in. A...

This is a time for dark-eyed juncos, a type of sparrow. Flocks of 50 or more birds are common this time of year.

The way they live, migrating out of seasonal necessity, returning home twice a year, celebrating through community and song...

Fall migration is very different than the frantic days in mid-May when birds were pouring into our region from further south.

These little wildflowers depend completely upon the beech tree for survival; they even need beech trees to germinate.

The hickory tussock moth caterpillar and the milkweed tussock moth caterpillar both pose questions for curious observers

By Linda Ray There is a new caterpillar charming us at the Habitat for All  garden (HFA) this summer. Hyalophora cecropia moths are a...

By Sara Wright One of the advantages to staying close to home in extreme heat is that I spend most of my outdoor time in my own forests....

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell A Review Sy Montgomery's latest book, like so many of her works, provides a bridge, often...

By Sara Wright This morning Hunter leapt under towering marigold umbrellas into tadpoled pond water as I tore up another handful of...

By James Reddoch Imagine your yard and garden as a supermarket where birds come to search the shelves for the foods they need to thrive...

By Sara Wright This morning when I took the dogs out around 6 o’clock, I saw a beautiful luna moth lying on emerald green moss-covered...

Humans aren’t the only social creatures. Many insects like ants and bees are, too

By Linda Ray We have all seen and been amazed by glowing nocturnal insects that create their own light. This seems to be a wonder of the...