Urban Wildlife Guide

  This is a view up through the leaves of the linden tree in front of my house. It is covered with flowers that smell like honey and lime. C...

  While walking in my quiet suburban south jersey town this week, I passed this immature groundhog. Adorable, right? There are lots of groun...

  I saw this eastern bluebird today. Click to enlarge. It is easy to see why Henry David Thoreau said "The bluebird carries the sky on ...

  "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:  Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of th...

  Every spring I make a pilgrimage into the New Jersey Pine Barrens to see pink lady's slipper orchids. It took a walk in the hardwood f...

  A male brown-headed cowbird. It's famous for something it does not do... build nests. Female cowbirds lay eggs in the nests of other b...

Pink lady slipper orchids are blooming in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Click to enlarge.  I made my annual pilgrimage this week to see them,...