Where I Wander – Muskrats and Mallards
Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… our property consists of lawn, flower...
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Where I Wander – It’s Owling Time
Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… I have heard and seen that another irruption is happening this fall/winter season. An irruption, although not fully understood, is a sudden arrival of “rare” birds in an area...
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Nap Time
Story and photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… Preparations for the “long winter’s nap” have begun for many already. Black bears (Ursus americanus) have “bulked up” and their stored fat will be burned for energy so there will...
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Eusocial Insects
Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… the foliage colors were so extraordinary this year, beginning the last week of September in the Adirondacks and continuing throughout all of October in Central New York State....
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Autumn Courtship
Story and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… Autumn is courtship time for many large mammals. Both deer and moose began the rutting (breeding) season about mid-September and it will continue through October and into November....
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Appreciated Arachnids
Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… Some of our lesser treasured creatures are spiders, but I have discovered that the more I learn about them the more fascinating they have become, perhaps you will think so...
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Phenomenal Fungus
Story and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… I am feeling a little melancholy as summer is beginning to slip away and evidence of autumn is emerging. As always, the sadness of summer lost is quickly replaced with colorful...
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Fantastic Ferns
Story and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… here in the Northeast we are blessed to find them in gardens, woodlands, wetlands, and roadsides. We are fortunate to also have thousands of wildflowers, hundreds of different...
Read MoreWhere I Wander – Plentiful Pollinators
Story and photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… Even though I have been enjoying, learning, and appreciating the meadow for about twenty-five years, I am always amazed at how it is never the same and is always evolving....
Read MoreWhere I Wander – What IS That
Photos and Story by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… quite often I wander with children and delight in the questions of “what is that?” which I am likely to hear throughout our hike. As a naturalist, often I can easily answer each...
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