It's well into migration season and one of our winter resident sparrows has begin showing up after a summer in the north. The melancholy sweet call of the White Throated Sparrow will accompany me through my winter walks. Their song is something like "oh sweet Can-a-da". See this post about the White Throated Sparrow for more; Tan Stripes and White Stripes.
Red Squirrel, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Song Sparrow.
The largest part of most fungi is hidden underground or inside the fallen trees where they grow. An unseen web of fine mycelium threads supports each fungus's visible "fruiting body." The fruiting bodies appear in many forms, and one of the best times to see them
Over the past week or so the edge of the forest around the ponds has been alive with dozens of sparrow-sized birds darting in and out of the trees, swooping over the ponds for insects, diving back for cover and calling out a flat, husky "chek" as
At the autumnal equinox earth reached the mid point in its slow annual tilt away from the sun. From this point the angle of the sun's rays grow steeper and the daylight hours shorter until we reach the shortest daylight at the winter solstice and begin the slow
There are far fewer dragonflies and damselflies this year likely owing to the extended drought two years ago. Most species take one or two years to develop as bnymphs underwater alomng the edge of the ponds. When the drought lowered the pond levels a couple of years ago for an
