On the move, sadly
It's the start of Departure Season: this weekend, following illumination night, the O.
Bluestem, native to Martha’s Vineyard
August is the time of the most active growth and flowering for a surprising number of our native plants.
All hail swallowtails
The most famous butterfly may be the orange-and-black monarch, noted for its size, coloration, and prodigious migration.
Now you see them….
On a recent sunny Saturday, I slipped my blue kayak into the Lagoon at the Lagoon Road boat landing in Oak Bluffs.
Fledglings get a move on
In a hole in a maple branch overhanging Wing Road in Oak Bluffs, a pair of downy woodpeckers have been packing insects into two or three youngsters in a hole in a branch.
Any rare bees around?
If pressed to list all the bees we're familiar with, most of us would run out of names after the honey bee, the bumble bee, and perhaps the carpenter bee.
The nesting season, in depth
Ten years ago this June, I added a new twist to my birding: I began covering a U.
Are we early yet?
Vineyard weather is famously fickle, and it seems like every season brings surprises.
Nature fills the green thumb void
Arriving on the Vineyard some 13 years ago, I was thrilled to have a yard of my own to garden in, for the first time in my life.
The Wild Side tax
Our mid-fiscal-year property tax bill just arrived from the town of Oak Bluffs, reminding me that while I don't actually enjoy paying them, I regard the basic idea of taxes as a good one....