Migration may be over, but I had a whopper of a list after birding this morning. 60 species! Most of these birds can be found along our walking trails …
Bluebirds
When I was in grammar school I remember singing a song at recess, “Bluebird, bluebird through my window” and now that I think of it I never recall seeing a …
Lady’s Slippers!
The number one plant that people call the Sanctuary about are the lady’s slippers. This is the week to come see the small yellow lady’s slippers in our gardens. There …
Spring III
Spring has arrived, slowly but surely. This has been a perfect spring season for me as I have been able to keep up with changes in the garden over the …
The Intruder
Curiosity: It drives us to do curious things like look under rocks and logs, peek into tree cavities or to don waders and grab a net and see what you …
Spring II
In the last blog I talked about spring – and a little about the factors that determine what (and when) spring starts. In this blog I want to talk about …
Spring
Spring began at 6:29am on Monday March 20th. So why are we still looking at snow? For most of us the tease of warm weather that occurred in late February …
Fire in the Barrens of Massachusetts
Fire sounds like a dangerous thing in the landscape – we currently have a huge grass fire burning in the central part of the U.S. causing loss of life and …
Pray for a Wet Spring
For those of you who missed our lecture about Gypsy Moths & Winter Moths with Dr. Joe Elkinton from UMass, I thought I would boil down a take home message …
Plants for Pollinators
There is a lot of information going around about protecting our pollinators. What we do in the garden, what we plant and how we interact with the environment around us …