Blue Jay Barrens

This certainly doesn’t look like a prairie and by many people’s definition, probably never will. The ground cover definitely has prairie c...

In the mowed field, the few shrubs left standing are really noticeable and have influenced the deer traffic pattern. The shrubs are Deerbe...

The snows are beginning to wear down the tall grasses. Areas that were solid stands of vertical stems are becoming more open as sections of ...

I was a little behind my normal schedule this weekend and ended up putting the bird feed out about an hour later than normal. On Sunday morn...

Any force that can shatter limestone can certainly have its way with soft shale. I’m speaking of the meteor strike and how it rearranged the...

Blue Jay Barrens has several patches of Sensitive Ferns, Onoclea sensibilis , that grow in the wetter sections of the low pH, shale based so...

There are still plenty of Sumac fruits for anything that cares to eat them. I’ve read that sumac fruit is a food of last resort for many bir...