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Raptor Tree
My 5th grader made a “Raptor Tree” using a twig from the back yard, the bird book, and her stores of Model Magic. The detail is pretty amazing: Here’s a picture to provide…
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Weekend sights
The girls and I took a walk in the snow the other day. Now I have shots of this path, which my youngest calls the tree tunnel, in three of the four seasons.…
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Making the most of the sun
Today promises to be rainy around here, but yesterday was sunny. We capitalized on it by taking two walks, each to a different preserve. The first was a marsh about 5 minutes from…
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Back Yard Bulletin
My oldest has been talking about making a newspaper focusing on our nature study. She thought up the name Back Yard Bulletin, and she’s been thinking about how to put it all together…
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Back Yard Tales
This hawk appeared in our back brush today. It’s a mature red-tail, imposing in size, probably one of a pair I’ve noticed roosting together a mile or so from here. It may be…
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A Wing in the Door
A Wing in the Door by Peri Phillips McQuay is by turns a beautiful and a frustrating book. It narrates the fate of a female red-tailed hawk taken illegally by a would-be falconer…
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Christmas Eve hawking and walking
We went for a walk on Christmas Eve morning. On the way to the trail, we saw this guy hunting for his breakfast. He posed for us in a variety of postures. He…
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Rufous Redtail
I read this book when I was around 10, and I’ve always remembered it as one of the best. I didn’t remember all the details, but I remembered some of them. Mostly I…
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Hawk Stalking
On the way to church this morning, I told my husband, “Someday, I’m going to get a picture of a hawk with blue sky in the background. All my hawk pictures have been…
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Wetland walk
We went to the beaver pond to investigate the beaver-gnawed tree we’ve been observing and found it felled. At several points they have already removed branches and carried them away, and they’ve begun…
