Category: Joan Herrmann

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… may be as close as our meadow and gardens, or a walk down the driveway to peer into the now unfrozen pond. I hope to hear the sound of wood frogs and peepers any day now. The...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… I can hear it in the wind and the bird sounds; I can see it in the clear blue sky and feel it in the sun’s warmth. Another spring season is upon us and yet, in the North...

Photographs and Story By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… even though we have between two to three feet of snow on the ground, and temperatures were about eight degrees last night, the mammals and birds know exactly what is about to...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… sometimes it is searching for the meaning to many of the words, and their definitions, in the many sources of books that make up my hard copy library. For example, the word...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… I have always found bird feathers fascinating. Not only are they the visual way of identifying many species of birds, they are also interesting plumage. Birds are defined by...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… winter generally provides me ample opportunities to slow down and spend time observing the wildlife from our kitchen windows. Just before or after a winter storm there is a...

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...

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...