Urban Wildlife Guide

  Urban wildlife sighting in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Click to enlarge. Squirrel evolution has reached the Age of Picnic Tables. ...

  I took a short walk along a favorite dirt road in the New Jersey Pine Barrens this week. It turned out to be a remarkable experience. I sa...

  Some Sundays, I have no plan for what to write a blog about. I pick up my camera and go outside, and I always find something interesting. ...

  Every year in mid-September, I go to my special place in the New Jersey Pine Barrens to look for an autumn blooming flower -- the pine bar...

We are heading into the last full week of summer. Soon there will be beautiful leaves. It is that time, described by Sarah Helen Whitman, ...

This week I planted this little clustered mountain mint bush in the sunniest spot in my yard. I often hover over mountain mint plants in par...

  Laughing gulls, Larus atricilla , started flying south in August. They will be gone from the northeast soon. See you next summer! Click to...