A gentle welcome to a long holiday weekend.

    What on earth is this?    Click "Continue reading…" for a clue.

    My wife planted this rose mallow along the stream by our backyard two years ago.     I

           The immature little blue has been at the Celery Farm for at least 10 days.

     I walked very quietly and slowly to the Warden’s Watch last night and was rewarded with this fine

    In the evening, earlier in the week, young barn swallows would fly a bit around Lake Appert, then

    As vultures go, this guy is pretty dang handsome.     Saw him in the Kempton Valley, Pa.,

   Always great to see  black-crowned, green, and great blue herons in the same visit. Three herons, three sizes, three

    Early evenings are primetime at the Warden’s Watch these days.    Not quite as hot out, and plenty

       I have been working with photographer Kevin Watson on Hawk Mountain, a coffee-table book to commemorate the