How can six pounds turn into twenty pounds? A gallon of gas weighs about 6.5 pounds but when that gallon is burned as fuel in your car you are adding …
6 = 20?
Respect Your Elders!
Did you know that there is a segment of the human population that will intentionally swerve out of their way to run over a turtle with their vehicle? An experiment, …
Norcross Wildlife Foundation NewsGypsy Moths
For those of you who know me, you are aware that there is very little found in nature that grosses me out. Scat, roadkill, snakes, spiders…I love it all! I …
May Birding
If you are only going to dust off your binoculars for one birding hike this year, this is the time to do it. The first few weeks of May, migrants …
Tips for a Healthy Habitat
I’m sure you’ve heard the bad news about bees, bats and butterflies. Why not lend a hand by turning your yard into a native niche? The key elements to making …
What’s purple and hangs in a tree?
A detection device for EAB- the emerald ash borer. EAB is a non-native, invasive beetle that is threatening our ash trees. While we have not yet detected this pest at …
April Fool
I’m looking out the window and I see…FEBRUARY! No fooling, April has marched in like a snow leopard bringing us not one, but two snow events over the past weekend. …
PEENT
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged…must be spring! Lots of things are happening outside, every day brings a new sign that spring has arrived. Daylight is more plentiful, buds are …
What can a shrub do for you?
Last Saturday, Leslie and I presented a lecture about shrubs and the importance of shrubland habitat. There are roughly 40 bird species in the Northeast that use shrubland and a …
Going Fishing
This Saturday, February 20th, our winter lecture will focus on ocean fisheries. This topic is of interest for myriad reasons, the strongest being that I’ve always enjoyed going fishing, especially …