I spent a little time this morning weeding the gardens. On the east and sunny side of the house, huge wasps frequently bombed me, buzzing over my head, and aggressively […]

As I leave South Carolina behind, so are the Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa). Early in the year, when the Red Knots started to show up on Seabrook Island beaches, […]

Monday, January 20, was a cool day for Seabrook Island with a brisk wind. Despite that, on impulse, I took a late afternoon walk on North Beach. The wind blowing […]

Towards the end of a day of birding with my friends Carmine and Lori, we visited a small park. Finding little of interest, we returned to the parking lot. Here […]

A couple of weeks ago, I spent an enjoyable weekend with some friends birding in Cape May, NJ. The winds were all wrong and the birds very sparse. At times […]

The New York Ironweed, Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx., in our garden blooms a lovely magenta. It is a rare day when you will find me wearing anything magenta, it is […]

Saturday, August 10, 2019, after a long drive back from the Boston area, I went to bed “early”—about 10:30. Since the weather service predicted a cool night, the window was […]

It is early afternoon, the temperature is already 94oF and the 54% humidity makes it feel like 104oF. It seems like the perfect time with laptop on my lap to […]

In our yard, we have planted native species to attract pollinators. Two species of Monarda are native to our part of the world—Monarda didyma and Monarda fistulosa and both can […]