Blackbird at the bog

Nothing fancy this week: a solitary blackbird scans the bog for a late afternoon snack

Jerry and Kathy’s barn

Barry the barred owl crossed our path the other day; we have seen him over four times this season, so we have named him.

A fern begins to reveal its leaves in the post fiddle-head stage

A female yellow-bellied sapsucker visits a gray birch near the house on Saturday.

An old tree has been worked over by a large woodpecker (or more than one). We have seen a large pileated woodpecker in the area but not recently.

A barred owl stares down as we walk through his realm

Mystic