Category: Joan Herrmann

Story and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… one of the most amazing features of birds, mammals, and insects that truly intrigue me is their eyes. I have learned over the past forty years that some have eyes that change their...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… about ten years ago, while working at a local outdoor educational/nature program, is when I truly became curious about galls. At that time I had no knowledge about what they...

Story and Photos by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… several of the most appreciated aspects of doing a nature column are first the opportunity to share some of the magnificent experiences that I have encountered. Second is the...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… every spring about the first week of May, I can expect to hear a familiar whir of wings and chipping sounds, to make me aware that this territory is being reclaimed; and where...

Story and Photographs By Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… this time of year, it is generally, to wetland areas. So much is happening in and around ponds, bogs, marshes, and fens. The migratory birds have returned and will begin...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… within a short distance from our home, or even within our property, many new arrivals can be observed and photographed. This time of year many “babies” also known as a fawn, a...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… this time of year it is in search of botanical treasures in the Orchidaceous Family. Orchids have been referred to as the nobility of the flower world. In the northeast, we,...

Story and Photographs by Joan Herrmann Whereiwander… is most often around our property which consists of numerous types of fauna habitat. We have woods that has both deciduous and coniferous trees, lawn and gardens, a three-plus...

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...