Bird-Friendly Gardens

I’ve been spending a lot of time in my garden in recent weeks, planting a few more shrubs and adding several…

A Pair of Swallowtails

The trout lilies and trilliums are in full bloom, the turkeys are strutting, the smallmouth are biting,…

Red-headed Woodpeckers

I went birdwatching at the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge a few weekends back, and while…

Climbing ferns

When walking in the woods it’s always a pretty site to come upon a fern valley along a stream or creek….

Squirrel Season

In neighborhoods like mine in Charlotte, squirrels are generally considered a nuisance.  A dearth of…

Voles – Friend or Foe?

While walking around in the yard the other day enjoying this unseasonably warm weather, I couldn’t…

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