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Summer 2022

Table of Contents

02  
From the Center Elise Tillinghast
04  
Editor’s Note Cheryl Daigle
05  
1,000 Words Lisa Lacasse
06  
Letters to the Editors
10  
Graphic Natural History: The Stench of the Hunt Michael Sundue
12  
Seasonal Notes Elise Tillinghast
14  
Keeping Track of American Toads Susan C. Morse
18  
Knots & Bolts
 
The Varied Diet of Beavers Mary Holland
 
Taxidermy as a Tool for Conservation Brett Amy Thelen
 
From Boatbuilder to Furniture Craftsman Karen Hughes Irvine
 
Lights, Bait, and Staying up Late Loree Griffin Burns
 
The Big Boom: 100 Years on the Upper Hudson Donald Wharton
 
Natural Succession on the Back Acre Garry Plunkett
32  
New Insights on the Spread of an Avian Eye Disease Kevin Berend
34  
Gathering Sheep Sorrel Ben Lord
35  
The Dazzling Diversity of Birds’ Nests Chris Rimmer
38  
Albany Pine Bush: Gift of the Glaciers Cheryl Lyn Dybas
46  
The Bobolink: Emily Dickinson’s Rowdy of the Meadow Frederick Thurber
48  
The Bobolink Project
52  
Bike Trails Building Community Berne Broudy
54  
Mountain Biking
60  
A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History (Excerpt) Robert G. Goodby
62  
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone: Connecticut’s Last Ancient Forest David K. Leff
69  
The Importance of Legacy Trees Ethan Tapper
 
An Uncertain Future for Old Field Forests Catherine Schmitt
70  
Discoveries Catherine Schmitt
 
Foldable, Moldable Wood Catherine Schmitt
 
Wabanaki Plant Knowledge Catherine Schmitt
 
An Uncertain Future for Old Field Forests Catherine Schmitt
 
Foldable, Moldable Wood Catherine Schmitt
 
Wabanaki Plant Knowledge Catherine Schmitt
72  
Hitchhiking Beetles Declan McCabe
73  
Bird Blind Karinne Heise
74  
Wood Lit
 
Coffin Honey Melanie Viets
 
America’s Bountiful Waters Tim Traver
 
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds Ted Levin
77  
Getting the Hang of It Brett R. McLeod
79  
Art Review: Hillary Waters Fayle Adelaide Tyrol
80  
The Whistler Kimberly Ridley