The Monarch caterpillar from the Celery Farm native plant garden turned into a butterfly yesterday morning at Lee Memorial Library.

Low-hanging bird-feeders offer deer a free buffet. Photo by Jim Wright      My column in The Record today is

Sorry for the late posting but I was away… A local great crested flycatcher was feathering her nest for her

I expanded the short video of the wood ducklings' departure to two minutes to provide the background for all that

On Monday, I asked: What is this, and where is it (in Allendale)? Many folks answered correctly: They are native

Tony Salerno, host of "Montvale in Motion," invited me to be on his show last week. We chatted for 12

What is this, and where is it (in Allendale)?  

This spring, I was fortunate that a wood duck nested in my owl box and hatched nine ducklings. The nestbox

  If you visit Maine's Mount Desert Island, be sure to visit the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor. The

  I'm back from a whirlwind trip to Maine's MDI, where I gave a couple of talks about The Real