There was something about that moment when the sky was blue on a crystal sunny day,………………………….
SPRING BREAK: A POEM — March 2019
Beguile me not oh mother of nature, as I know ye well. Spare me your wrath, and let March be March, with tidings of spring. Not, I beseech ye in layers of snow.~ By Jack McShane
FIELD NOTES: SIGHTINGS AND PERUSINGS — February 2019
From the kitchen window with coffee in hand, enjoying housebound comfort, I have observed some interesting winter wildlife interactions. With the flock of eleven turkey regulars………………………
FIELD NOTES: ANTHROPOMORPHIZING OUR WILD CRITTERS – January 2019
By Jack McShane First Happy New Year to all my Homo sapien friends, and of course to all the wild critters out there. May you make it through the Winter struggle to enjoy the eventual warming of Spring. Calling a local coyote “Wiley Coyote” is my act of anthropomorphizing or giving him the human attribute…
ADIRONDACKS / CATSKILLS – November 2018
“The cams had not been checked for three weeks and displayed many critters including a family of coyotes, a nice 8 point buck not seen before, a medium- sized bear, a bobcat, a raccoon, wild turkeys, a lot of mice and an out-of-its-usual-habitat cottontail rabbit checking out our porch.”
FIELD NOTES: BE HAPPY – FOREST BATHE – October 2018
Just getting out into nature is enough to propel happiness. Plus local sightings during this season.