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 …
Vernal Pools “LIVE”
Are you interested in seeing a vernal pool come to life this spring? Once Mother Nature proceeds with the spring awakening, we will be offering a series of walks to …
Weird Sex in Nature
On Saturday March 11th our lecture will be Weird Sex in Nature, How Plants Get it On presented by Elizabeth Farnsworth. She is an excellent speaker and is presenting a …
Norcross Wildlife Foundation NewsGypsy Moth, Winter Moth
Do you remember last summer? From a previous post: For those of you who know me, you are aware that there is very little found in nature that grosses me …
Snow
Many people ask me if I am sick of winter? Have you had enough snow? Is it time for spring? I know that several major snowstorms in one week (or …