Requiem for Native Plants
A Blue Heron lands in a stately Slash Pine She was good and stately. Her rich green needles shimmered against the blue sky. Her brown cones provided endless birdseed feeder bases and Christmas...
View ArticleA Bestiary: Part Fifteen ~ Woodpeckers: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
The second member of the Picidae family featured in ‘A Bestiary’ is the showy and industrious Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius. These brightly patterned woodpeckers are frequent visitors...
View ArticleA Bestiary: Part Sixteen ~ Woodpeckers: Downy and Red-bellied Woodpecker
The downy white belly of a Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens mirrors the white snowy landscape in our gardens and fields stretching down and deep into the forest on this chilly March morning. This...
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