Driftwood? Nope. What in the woods could this be?
November 6th 2009
Bruce Spanworm: A Deer Hunter’s Companion
There is something odd about a moth flying through the woods in the angled daylight of November. Moths and November ordinarily mix about as well as fire and water. It’s basically too cold for…
October 30th 2009
Moose Part 2
“Thanks for coming with me,” said Trev. “Sorry we couldn’t close the deal.” His voice was tired then, and a touch disappointed. He was thinking wistfully about the four…
October 29th 2009
Busy Airport for Hard-Working Yellow Jackets
Looking out from the sun porch a few weeks ago, I noticed unusual activity near a sunlit corner of the house. Vespid wasps, better known as yellow jackets, were flying from a gap in the clapboards.…
October 23rd 2009
Pomainville Wildlife Management Area
Susan Elliott, a member of the Rutland County Audubon Society took this photo while bird monitoring in the Pomainville Wildlife Management Area in Pittsford, VT. What in the woods is it?
October 22nd 2009
Weasels Begin to Put on Winter Whites
The tumbledown stonewalls that flank many a wooded road in New Hampshire and Vermont stand as picturesque reminders of former pastures and times gone by. They also have an ongoing function. Their…
October 22nd 2009
Return of the Moose
Moose are arguably the most novel of all North American large mammals, if for no other reason than their strange appearance. Whereas deer and elk are handsome creatures, rams majestic, and bears awe…
October 19th 2009
WITWIT introduction
Play our biweekly guessing game! Whatever draws us into the forest—be it birdwatching or logging, hiking or hunting—all of us are unified by the sense of wonder we feel in the outdoors.…
October 19th 2009
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October 16th 2009
Something in the Apple Tree
Last winter, Jason Selden and family were coming down a hillside in Chelsea, Vermont when a member of the group spotted something odd in an apple tree. Selden snapped this picture of the animal. What…
October 15th 2009
A Scare Followed by a Rise in Loon Populations
Some now call it “The Great Loon Die-off of 1983,” in which nearly 10,000 common loons washed up on the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas. Those found alive were…
October 13th 2009
Logging at the Fair
On September 25, Lora Nielsen, our Administrative Coordinator, attended the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. What follows is her report. There’s nothing like a country fair on a crisp, fall…
October 9th 2009
Fallen Leaves
This selection of fallen leaves was gathered near our office in Corinth, Vermont. Name all six species.
October 8th 2009
Moss Gets a Close-up Look and a Chance to Impress
When in college decades ago, I took a botany course from a professor who lectured in a monotone and who believed the best way to learn about bryophytes—mosses and liverworts—was by rote.…
October 8th 2009
Some Like it Moist
Like Hagenbuch, Laurie Richmond was interested in learning more about the impact that forestry practices have on wildlife. Earlier research had shown that forest harvesting can cause significant…
October 8th 2009
What Do Deer Want?
Dwight Garner wrote an entertaining book review in the New York Times recently on Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s new book: The Hidden Lives of Deer. You can read it online at The Books of the…
October 2nd 2009
Sparkling Stones
These sparkling stones(?) were found in a southern Vermont trout stream. What are they?
October 2nd 2009
PTO-Driven Firewood Processors
As a thirty-something year old guy who came of age in the boom years of the 1990s, I’ve been bombarded with advertising pretty much since the day I was born. That I grew up in a small town in…