Teresa Phillips was hunting morel mushrooms in a local woodland when she came across an Eastern box turtle hiding in the leaves. These handsome, high-domed turtles are known to be energetic walkers, moving, head up, as far as 150 feet a day.
Backyard and Beyond: Woods and water in spring Read More »
Ponds are open again, bringing beaver clans out to find fresh food and bask in the warmth.
Lew Troast Jr. watches a lodge in a pond not far from home and came across an adult and yearling enjoying a breakfast munch recently.
Backyard and Beyond: A great awakening in nature Read More »
Stately great blue herons are some of the earliest birds to migrate back from their winter homes – in my area, they reliably return around St. Patrick’s Day, often encountering waterways still covered by ice. They quickly get to work building or adding to nests alongside other herons in a collection of nests and birds, called a rookery.
Backyard and Beyond: Nesting season, already Read More »
Bill Manuell went out to check his maple traps and spotted a bobcat crouched below a tree at the edge of the woods on his property, apparently on the hunt. But then he looked up and saw another bobcat perched in the tree.
Backyard and beyond: Spring rolling in! Read More »
When Tim King and family visit their cabin in the springtime, they have to remember to put a bag over their parked vehicle’s rearview mirror. The reason: It’s mating season in the bird world, and cardinals (and robins) are very prone to attack mirrors or windows on vehicles or homes if they see their own reflection.
Backyard and Beyond: One confused cardinal Read More »
Dick Dennie’s trail camera snapped two foxes “meeting in a wintery woods,” as he wrote, echoing the famous Robert Frost poem.
Backyard and Beyond: The ‘pre-spring’ season Read More »
A bright-eyed Virginia opossum crossed paths in the woods with Herbie Self recently, and its ears tells their own story: These marsupials have been pushing northward for some decades, but they’re not really built for our region’s winters.
Backyard and Beyond: Opossum ‘tales’ Read More »
With no leaves on the trees, and the need to hunt frequently, owls tend to be more visible in winter, sometimes even in daytime.
Backyard and Beyond: Winter’s owls Read More »
Surprising as it may seem, Eastern bluebirds are increasingly being seen all winter long in our region, such as this pair of males visiting Gene Lange’s feeders.
Backyard and Beyond: Foraging for food in winter Read More »
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