It is nice that these “broom snows” we’re having each day are also “leaf-blower snows.” As much as I hate to use up gasoline on…

We had many wonderful visitors to the preserve this past weekend, enjoying some mild weather to get outdoors. Winter hikers are a hardy sort, adventuresome…

We have always thought our tuliptree near the visitor center at Crow’s Nest was pretty big. The kids at camp in 2006 measured it and…

One of the things I love about this job is that some days I end up doing things I had no idea I’d be doing…

I have been reading David George Haskell’s The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature. Each chapter is a different day’s observation in a small circle…

….if Seamus is wearing his snazzy new blanket, custom tailored to fit his thin frame. Also we moved the cattle to their winter pasture today—three…

At a certain point last week I realized I was different than most other people (what took so long, you say?). While most people are…

Here’s a few photos from Crow’s Nest this weekend: The hickory trees are a bright, clear yellow and many of the oaks (above) are a…

I know it’s somewhat subjective, but we think fall color is at its best this week at Crow’s Nest. I took these photos early this…

On a hike through the cattail swamp Eloise spotted this vine flowering and climbing on some shrubs. It is climbing hempvine, Mikania scandens, a native perennial…