...and decided to stay! Thus begins the story of the Ailanthus Webworm Moth and its excellent adventure. (This is a companion piece to an ea...

...describes our chubby little migration-ready Ruby-throated Hummingbird! Rick and I were sitting on the deck yesterday evening eating our d...

A few weeks ago Matty and I went up to Spring Valley Wildlife Area along the Little Miami River with our sketchbooks. We spent the afternoo...

The dark purple-blue berries of Common Pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana)  are irresistible to Cedar Waxwings. So much so that I don't eve...

As a prequel to the previous post  of the monarch chrysalis and the butterfly's first flight, I thought it would be nice to look closely...

In a post earlier this summer, I mentioned a monarch butterfly had found our little milkweed stand. I had hoped she would return and lay an...

Bright splatters of orange along the riverbank in August can mean only one thing, Spotted Jewelweed ( Impatiens capensis ) is in bloom! Matt...