May Dawn
Even if not by nature, it's probably in one's best interest to be simple minded. A glance out the window...
Hill Dog Image
A time to plant
Unless one walks through the neighborhood asleep, season's progression is obvious. The changes may be subtle, yet always evident. As...
Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker While driving slowly along Crystal Lake recently, we spotted this fellow (males have a red stripe on the...
Canadian Goose
Recently, this fellow has been habiting a local pond with apparently no design on returning to the great white north....
Spring Color
Spring Color Finally some color has sprouted from the beds barely protected by such a pale winter. Given the mild...
Spring Dawn
Spring dawned a few days ago with A Sailor's Warning.
Common Merganser
The Audobon website reports: This fish-eating duck is the typical merganser of freshwater lakes. Its flocks are usually small, but...
Snow Geese
"The geese know..." my friend said as we watched hundreds of the birds overhead noisily making their way northward, as...
Catskills
Each morning spent on top of Elk Mountain brings it's own unique joy. This morning, the muskrat that had taken...
February Moon
Even when Mother Nature seems to be not quite herself, she delights. Several of us who keep track of such...