A dab of bird dropping rests on a leaf. It must have landed there when a bird passed over. But wait! It’s moving. It’s not a dropping after all. It is a tiny caterpillar, its coloration acting as a...
2021, 07, July
Mailbox, July 2021: Tomato Plants
Swallowtail Butterflies
Wondernose: What Animal is a Fierce Nighttime Hunter That Likes to Eat Half its Own Weight in Flesh Every 24 Hours?
Such a riddle probably has you imagining a ferocious animal like a lion, stalking the African savanna to bring down a succulent antelope. But no, our mystery animal is much, much smaller than a...
Pictures and Poems, July 2021
The Spawning Behaviors of Smallmouth Bass
Underwater visibility is fantastic. I can see at least 30 feet (10 m) horizontally, which is superb for New England waters. I am looking for a male smallmouth bass…. Male smallmouth bass guarding a...
What Is So Rare as a Morning in June?
Early one bright blue morning, I drove deep into a gap of Shade Mountain to a two-acre clearing maintained for wildlife. White puffy clouds floated along, pushed by the breeze. It was the last week...
Let’s Take a Hike: Chipmunk
Covers, July 2021
Giant Swallowtail. Photo © Deborah Stieglitz/Dreamstime.com. Eastern Screech-Owl and Gray Squirrel meet. Photo © Erik Winits.
