Found this video on Eastern Box Turtles that I thought you might enjoy too: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxABr_WSYc Over the next few months, box turtles will be on the move. Keep an eye out for them in and along roads and move them to safety (in the direction they were moving) so they don’t get killed. It’s important […]

In Canada, they celebrate National Beaver Day on the last Friday in February but here in the US, it’s celebrated on April 7th. Here’s a wonderful YouTube video done by the BBC that has great footage of dam building and other activity. : httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyNA62FrKCE&feature=related If there are human/beaver conflicts going on near you – the beavers don’t […]

Here’s a short video telling about our Virginia Opossum: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtlMfrhbE4&feature=channel

Did you know…..our eastern Gray Squirrels breed twice a year…once in the winter (December – February) and once in the spring (May – June).  As we hit the middle of February, the winter brood is being born and in about 7-10 weeks when they are weaned and start to leave the nest, we’ll start to […]

So why do some folks smirk at Squirrel Appreciation day but then gin up all this hullabaloo over Groundhog day? Go figure….they’re both neat animals and I’m glad we celebrate them! Groundhogs are also known as woodchucks (even though they don’t chuck wood). They’re great at digging at create really neat underground habitats with different […]

This may not have been pre-printed on your calendar but indeed, today is Squirrel Appreciation Day. 🙂 In case you’re not sure exactly what to do on Squirrel Appreciation Day, here are some tips that I came across while browsing online as well as a few of the things that I do on this special […]

The next time we have a dusting of snow, take a look for squirrel tracks.  This video gives interesting insights into how our common Gray Squirrels bound along the ground. Only downside of the video is that it starts with an adverisement (sorry – at least it’s short). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5M3ofJqHSM

So, last Saturday we were at a picnic in Round Hill celebrating the nuptials of two dear friends.  As we stood in the field sipping lemonade at about 5pm, a number of us noticed all these flying insects.  They weren’t biting and were high enough over our heads that no one was bothered by them. […]

Beavers are great members of the wild kingdom – they play such a critical role in our ecosystem, helping develop and maintain wetlands which serve as some of the richest habitats in our area. I recently received the latest issue of Beaversprite – the newsletter prepared by a great organization called Beavers Wetlands and Wildlife, […]

So with all this snow, I got to thinking about signs of the seasons (I also got thinking about the snow storm of ’78 when I was a kid up in MA and the fun we had making tunnels! but that would be another blog topic all together). In addition to snow, of course, there […]