Windows on Wildlife: Alike, Yet Not Alike

Welcome to the 12th edition of Windows on Wildlife!  If you have a recent post about wildlife you’d like to share – it can be anything: birds, insects, mammals – scroll down to the end of the post and add your site; a compilation of all additions will be posted the following week. Please don’t forget to [...]

Nature’s Unveiling – Spring Arrives in New England

The robins are back, the modos (mourning doves) and titmice are calling and I’ve even seen the first green shoots from our irises and crocuses. But I wasn’t ready to declare our weird winter over until today. One of my definite harbingers of spring has made an appearance: the mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa). This distinctive butterfly is [...]