The colors and texture of tree bark are something people are very unaware of even though they see bark every day. On a drizzly, overcast day (like today) the color …
Night Hike at the Witchy Oak
As an employee, for many years I have come to the Norcross Sanctuary at night – usually to light the fire on winter evenings or to be sure that the …
Witches in the Woods
Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year. I love the changing leaves, the crisp air, the berries that light up the landscape and the culmination of it all …
Norcross Wildlife Foundation NewsHappy Halloween
What do Sleepy Hollow and Tupper Hill have in common? Washington Irving wrote about an unfortunate Hessian soldier who was decapitated by an American cannonball at the end of October, …
Norcross Wildlife Foundation NewsNew England Safari
Each autumn we offer motor tours of what we call the Core Sanctuary. This is an area that is just over 2,000 acres that lies outside of our 75 acre …
Fall Foliage
The maples are at their peak color. The frost that is forecast for this weekend may be the end of most of our maple’s leaves. Fortunately, the oak trees …
Norcross Wildlife Foundation NewsAutumnal Pools
Along the trail here at Norcross there are a series of pools that fill with water seasonally, creating a temporary habitat for some of the more unique creatures that can …
What does native mean?
During this past spring and summer I have spent a lot of time talking about “native” plants. Native plants attract native wildlife, native plants are tolerant of our strange weather, …
Asters and Goldenrods
Asters and Goldenrods everywhere! I often think that it must be fall when the asters and goldenrods begin blooming. Truthfully, many asters begin blooming in early August and some goldenrods …
Collective Catchall: Birds
How many crows does it take to be a murder? A murder is the collective catchall for a group of crows; but is it four? Six? Or is it the …