Itsy Bitsy Spiders

Love this bark!! How gorgeous is that? I can't get enough of this texture.  I love all the textures of nature, especially contra...

Clue: They spin as they fall to the ground.  Clue: They're from a tree.  The tree trunk is very tall and straight.  Clue: T...

June 9, 2013

Leaves are starting to appear. 

Skunk Cabbage We Welcome You! 

Leave your dead flowers and dried seeds all winter long!  They're beautiful, they provide shelter for wildlife, and they feed the birds...

Bat flying in circles at the park at dusk.   Out of the nine bats that are found in PA, the six smallest bats hibernate in caves over...

One of the first frosts.  (Nov 20) Sweetgum still holding its leaves. Can you ID those frosty leaves?

Can you tell which species of milkweed this is just by the seedpods?   A. Butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa B. Common Milkweed, Ascle...

Last remaining flowers dangling from the native Coral Honeysuckle vine. Larval host plant for Snowberry Clearwing and Spring Azure. N...

Taste of fall... Black Gum Info from Virginia Tech Tree Key

Goldenrod, Solidago Native perennial with clusters of yellow flowers in late summer. State flower of Alabama, Kentucky and Nebraska. ...