Urban Wildlife Guide

Mid-May is prime season for pink lady's slipper orchids in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. I went hunting for them last week. They were blo...

   From the nursery in the hollow of the maple tree in my yard. The new baby gray squirrel is on top. Mom is below getting walked on. Click ...

One of my local parks has a planting of parsley, dill, and milkweed for butterflies. Monarch and swallowtail caterpillars feed on the leaves...

  There has been a lot of tree swallow activity during the last two weeks.  I'm monitoring two nest boxes in a local park. Both had tree...

  Have a lovely holiday!

I was watching this squirrel grooming itself the other day. It sat in its tree in a pool of sunshine for about half an hour, brushing and ...

  Tree swallows have returned to South Jersey from their wintering grounds. I photographed this one on Wednesday. It may have flown all the ...