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...

I looked out my cabin window today and saw a large flock of robins on the back field, foraging for food. In the past, I recall seeing...

For the past two days I've look out my cabin window and seen this buck just chilling. The deer typically lie down much farther from the...

Every year, around mid-November, the turkeys who frequent our property disappear until the next year. I always thought this behavior was...

A little over six months ago I wrote that a goldfinch showed up, the first I remember seeing since we moved here about 15 years ago. Now,...

We finally have a row of daffodils lining part of our driveway. Today they are spectacular. But how long will they last?

A yellow bird starting showing up recently. I thought it was a warbler, but now that I got a better image, he appears to be a goldfinch....

Three tom turkeys visit our property on a regular basis. Typically two of them show up together and the third is by himself. Today all...

Lately, every time I walk around the property, I carry my camera. Over the past month I've noticed fungus in various parts of the...

The other day I came upon this pile of scat while hiking not too far from my cabin. After some research, I confirmed that is is mountain...