All Outdoors
Eric Brown of Edgartown has a secret.
Like many fishermen, when it comes to his favorite angling spot, Eric does not fish and tell. But, he did...
Naturalist Nicholas Culpepper made a valid observation when he noted that “God and nature made nothing in vain.”
He was speaking of honeysuckles...
“The Redcoats are coming, the Redcoats are coming.”
This isn’t a flashback to 1775, although I am writing on the historic Patriots Day holiday....
“Look up, it’s a bird, it’s a plane”
No, it’s not Superman, but it is super-natural. The superheroes of the sky this week will be the Lyrid...
This is fair warning, the article that you are about to read is a primer on poop, a discussion of droppings, and an explanation of excrement. There...
There is a bright side to everything, says a true optimist.
While I am not always optimistic, I do try to make lemonade out of lemons. Consider...
Don’t let Mother Nature fool you. She can take a joke.
She was, perhaps, the original jokester, fooling us with species such as “false albacore”...
The charms of up-Island are numerous, but I had my own reasons to take a Sunday drive up Middle Road last weekend.
Topping my list of favorite...
Birdfeeders are not only for the birds.
It is a virtual Noah’s Ark at my feeder, with a surprising diversity of wildlife taking their turn for a...
Birds are changing their winter ranges as a result of climate change. Average temperatures in January have increased more than five degrees...
You probably know the Island is under attack by invaders. They are not very conspicuous until one learns to look for them closely. For the most part...
There is no need for speed if you are a snail. Life in the fast lane is not a high priority for the whelk, a common marine snail found in the ocean...
