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The trail passes a few downed logs. Here, as I look down among the fallen wood, I note a small mammal slip by. I pause and sure enough, I see...

Finches are a widely diverse group of birds that are mostly small — only about 5 inches. Though a few others could be in the region, there...

I don't expect to see any groundhogs (woodchucks) as I walk in the mid-winter woods. As expected, the temperature is chilly and we have an ample...

I remember a pretty good acorn crop during the days of September. But for me, it was just a seasonal phenomenon of the red oaks. For the squirrels,...

It is a great time to take a closer look at the trees and see that they are not really so bare.

With no winds, the walk is silent. Only the crunchy snow beneath each of my steps and an occasional crack from a tree in response to the subzero...

In the next few weeks, Christmas bird counts will take place in the region. We don't think much of and hardly notice plants at this time. Deciduous...

Shrews are tiny mammals that abound in the region. Though ferocious predators, they are so small that we often do not see them. With a high metabolism...

The interlude between the leaf drop in October and freeze-up in November, what I call "AutWin," was short — only about two and a half weeks....

Whether it is the national forests or national, state or county parks, there are plenty of locations to go to if we want to get a view of the...

The woods of early November is open and reveals conditions of the autumn interlude – between leaves dropping from trees and the lasting snow...

This year, the late peak colors of this annual arboreal show did not last too long as the strong off-lake winds and above normal rainfall brought...

Shorter days — now 11 hours of daylight — have triggered the migration with many kinds of birds and the flight of raptors, geese...

The trees that have been here in full foliage since May now give us a superb show before dropping their food-producing leaves. The deciduous...

Whatever raptors that we want to observe, Hawk Ridge will likely give us the opportunity to see them. Another raptor that I like to see and usually...