There’s a very good chance that the Chinook salmon is going to die for good this year. From the L.A. Times — Paul Thornton, <paul.thornton@email.latimes.com> –comes this heartbreaking bit of news: “A case in point is what The Times Editorial… Read More ›
For a long time, I’ve had just one chipmunk on the deck, but recently, there have been two. My guess is that if there are two, there are probably a lot more. I just would appreciate that they not all… Read More ›
Finally, the whole famdamily was in the living room when the big Pileated Woodpecker dropped by one of our dead trees. Garry had never seen him before, but the big bird stayed around for a while. He is really busy…. Read More ›
CBWC: Cute Factor If pets weren’t cute, we probably wouldn’t love them. Although, to be fair, I’ve loved some pretty unattractive dogs and cats over the years and I think I might have loved them even more because they weren’t… Read More ›
CBWC: Smaller than a Bread Box or Bread Bin Dedicated to the little critters that live in my backyard. Smaller than a bread box (squirrels have to tuck in their tails) and always fighting to get that last seed to store… Read More ›
CMMC – April Closeup or Macro I’ve been getting very cozy with my macro lens, so this couldn’t come at a better time. Of course, I’ve also been doing closeups of flowers and birds using different lenses as well, occasionally doing… Read More ›
We used to have big fat chittering chipmunks everywhere on the property. They were about the size of a small squirrel. Meanwhile, in the same woods, there is a very small version of the bigger chipmunks. Our new ones really… Read More ›
Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and hungry, too I was up very early this morning because the Blue Jays were deeply offended that at 7 in the morning, their breakfast hadn’t yet arrived. They get more raucous everyday. It was cold and I… Read More ›
Home of the “Oh Wow!” birds The big Pileated Woodpecker is hard to find unless you live in the woods. We live in the woods and sightings of birds like this make all the other problems worthwhile. I saw this… Read More ›
Once upon a time — not all that long ago — most of North American was “open” space. There was room for predators. Room for herds of antelope, bison, deer and elk. Wild goats lived in the mountains with mountain… Read More ›
We escaped the snow that hit most of the rest of New England. We’re right on the edge of many storms. They pass us closely, just a few miles away. But when Hurricane Sandy devastated this area, the storm passed… Read More ›
It’s still autumn out there. All the oak trees have turned bronze, but a lot of red and yellow leaves are still on the trees. It has been a beautiful autumn, no matter how awful other things have been, the… Read More ›
