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Snow day
We are getting our second big storm of the season. Initial forecasts called for 8″-10″, but the most recent forecast has upped the prediction to 9″-13″ during the day, with an additional 1″-3″ into...
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Peepers
The peepers were out tonight, April 10, 2011. for the first time. Filed under: birds/wildlife, weather
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Hummingbird in the Bee Balm
I have a big patch of Bee Balm (Raspberry Wine) alongside my deck for exactly this reason: Filed under: birds/wildlife, gardening, life
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Early August garden report, part 2
A bird in the bush is worth…. The tomatoes stand witness to my tomato gluttony and absolute inability to cull a seedling. I planted them 2 per cage, but placed the cages WAY too close together, i.e....
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Backyard drama: Snake vs. Toad
In the midst of scurrying about preparing for Hurricane Irene this afternoon, Dan and I were startled by a large garter snake crossing the back lawn. A few minutes later, I saw a toad hopping oddly...
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Spring peepers awake
Last night, Dan heard the peepers for the first time this year. Spring truly is here! For more about peppers, or to hear their magical song,check out my post from a few years ago. This is early for...
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Protecting the babies
Monday afternoon we made some hardware cloth baffles to protect the inhabitants of two of our birdhouses, which are currently occupied with finches. The parents have been busily flitting to and fro...
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Spring Peepers!
Tonight we heard the peepers** for the first time this year. Winter is coming to an end at last. Spring peepers are small coppery brown frogs, Pseudacris crucifer, and their high-pitched peeps are...
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Alewives
Spring is alewife season in Maine. No, it isn’t when we go hunting for the wives of ale-drinkers or -makers, it is when the alewives, a sea-going fish in the herring family, using their sense of...
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