My first sighting of Pacific tree frog eggs...the first of many! Once the weeks-long freeze ended, the Pacific tree frogs came down out of the woods to our...
Our Pond Has Its First Residents…
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Nature Notes
Why the Sight of These Swallows Filled Me With Awe
It’s mid-March and the annual bird migration has begun. Around here, the robins returned in February, and I thought I saw a turkey vulture. As the weeks go...
When Nature Is Our Calendar, We Are More In Tune
It’s January and I saw the kestrel is paired up today while walking the dogs. We installed a nesting box for her three years ago and she has used it...
The Pond Is Full! And It Is Beautiful!
We had a lot of rain and the pond that is the cornerstone of the wetland restoration project filled up...and overflowed. But I guess that's the nature of a...
Learning to Love the Dark…and Why It Matters
It gets dark here. And I love it. How dark does it get? This photo above is from a recent drive home: no street lights, no house lights, only our headlights....
Our Chicken Yard Looks Like Crap. Here’s Why…
We quit mowing our chicken yard, and boy, has that been hard for me to get used to! It looks like crap! I'm trying to get used to the new look, because...
I Knew 46 Kinds of Birds. Turns Out, I Didn’t Know Squat
One thing I've figured out since we moved out here? We are nature ignorant...or at least we were. We are on a path to change that. And that's surprising to...
Robins Migrate. Who Knew?
Since I started using the Merlin Bird ID app, my awareness of the birds in my environment has increased at least 10-fold. For example, I have lived in...