There are barred owls in our neighborhood but try as I may I have not been successful in locating their nest, yet. There was a post on the site Nextdoor.com by someone claiming the nest was in a tree in their yard but, and I understand, the person did not post their address. I willContinue reading “Affordable Housing”
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Taking it Slow
The Corona Virus has taken its’ toll on our planet and the signs are everywhere. The signs are unavoidable. Drenched in tragedy after tragedy this disease has swept its way into our psyche and changed our behavior as human beings. The impact of life under Covid-19 is immense starting out with the massive loss ofContinue reading “Taking it Slow”
Sometimes You Have To Do It Yourself
We had a hammer and some nails, a 7.2 volt electric drill (barely strong enough to drill through paper) and some screws, a garage full of random sports gear, old girl scout project materials and disassembled parts of fairy garden homes (yes, there are such things as fairy garden homes). The goal was to designContinue reading “Sometimes You Have To Do It Yourself”
No Time Like the Present
And just like that it seems everyone I talk with is being pummeled with the same question. What do I do with all of this unstructured free time? As life comes to a near halt with work hours in flux and activities canceled, my family and I have spent more time together this past weekContinue reading “No Time Like the Present”
A Year in Birding
Big brother is always watching. Sometimes he’s watching birds. This year my big brother watched more birds than I and once again, for the second straight time, claimed bragging rights over me, having seen more birds than I in 2019. We call our tri-annual competition the Kelly Brothers Birding Championship or “KBBC”. The competition isContinue reading “A Year in Birding”
Look, but do not touch!
Mother Nature protects herself and anyone who spends anytime, at all, outside messing around in the natural world can attest to this. Turns out that nice green grass can give you quite the irritation, that rose bush has more ways to prick you than a barbed wire fence and that innocuous looking ivy with leavesContinue reading “Look, but do not touch!”
Boo!
This is the closest I’m getting to a Halloween post. Most animals do not scare me especially most of the animals I encounter on a regular basis here in Northern Virginia. A barking dog is probably the scariest animal I encounter when I am out and about. I saw a coyote while walking earlier thisContinue reading “Boo!”
All in One
About a month ago I worked for a few weeks as an outdoor educator taking kids fishing and helping them learn about fresh and saltwater ecosystems of the mid-Atlantic. A great job, indeed. I was out for about eight hours a day doing everything from putting worms on hooks and re-stringing fishing line to pointingContinue reading “All in One”
The Young Life
A deer in the backyard always creates excitement in my house but make it a young deer, or, better yet, a really young deer and you get a bit more joy mixed in with the excitement. There is something extra special about seeing a young animal. Maybe younger animals are just cuter, like those ofContinue reading “The Young Life”
It’s the Little Things
We have written on our our blog before that large animals in the suburban environment are few and far between. In my neighborhood, a half hour outside of Washington, D.C., we routinely see deer and fox but sightings of larger animals are rare though not unheard of. Two weeks ago a neighbor sighted a blackContinue reading “It’s the Little Things”
the suburban naturalists 