Fox sniffing the ground Our critter cam is set up to take photos only from dusk to dawn. It uses an infrared light, which isn't supposed...

This evening, as I walked to my cabin, I was delighted to see six tom turkeys. Every year, between mid-November and early December, the...

Written by Chatty (aka ChatGPT) Prompt: A gray fox and a striped skunk (with two stripes) visit Camp Cougar almost every night. Can you...

As spring approaches summer, the grasses dry up and spring wildflowers disappear. Early summer brings a few flowers that seem to thrive...

I frequently watch the birds eating and bathing on our front lawn. I rarely have any camera other than my phone with me. Today I brought...

Each year I see more and more butterflies. This year, I noticed several orange and black butterflies frequenting the lavender plants. The...

Given the size of the property, you'd think a snake would be a common sighting. However, it hasn't been for me. When we first moved here,...

I've written many posts about the wildflowers on our property, so it's time to turn my attention to the birds. We feed them regularly...

May had a cold start but the flowers bloomed anyway. Now that we are in the second week of May it has warmed up, bringing even more...

After several months of wet and windy weather, spring is settling in. We may have lost the Camp Cougar sign and its hefty post in the 88...

One of the more interesting mushrooms my friends and I encountered on today's mushroom walk was an Earthstar. According to Mushrooms of...

When I walk around Camp Cougar at moist times of the year, I typically see a mushroom or two. But today, I saw a bounty of mushrooms with...

Today I decided to clean up the firewood staging area. Now that we have heat pumps in all our buildings, the need for wood to supplement...

It's a great year for wildflowers. Lupines and lilies are the most prevalent this year, but there are many other varieties including...

I found a lot of dead-looking things popping out of the ground, at least as big as my hand. Then I realized it was some sort of living,...

I was sitting in the house reading when I heard some strange noises on the front porch. When I investigated, I found two toms fighting....

The daffodils finally opened at the end of the month. Our landscaper planted them almost two years ago. This is the second season. I am...

After returning from the extended power outage, we got enough rain to melt the snow and free the Prius. Within a few days, the turkeys...

We left Camp Cougar on December 28 and returned on February 17, after more than a month in Antarctica and two and a half weeks in New...

During the many years that I've lived here, band-tailed pigeons have been resident. I was quite excited when I saw the first one because...