Backyard Biology

We have been treated to more than two months of fall this year, so I have no complaints about the weather. But this last week marked the en...

Well, not only blackbirds, but grackles, descended in a large flock (maybe 100 birds), some concentrating on spilled seed on the ground, oth...

This has been the longest and nicest fall weather I can remember since we moved to Minnesota. But we now have reminders every morning of th...

This is not about meditation or deep thought or reflection. It's about digestion. It's also about walking slowly and keeping your ...

We revere the mighty oak for its strength, its fine grain in furniture, its resilience in resisting severe weather, its tolerance of extreme...

I have learned to keep my camera right next to the porch windows that face the backyard, for situations just like this. There was just a sma...

Temperatures overnight finally dipped below the tolerance zone of the remaning plants in the vegetable garden. When I looked out at the gar...