Blue Jay Barrens

I recently had an entertaining encounter with a Cicada Killer, Sphecius speciosus , our largest native wasp.  The females of this species...

After eight years of trying, it appears that I’m finally learning how to raise captive Nodding Wild Onions, Allium cernuum .  It’s a good...

I’ve had a family of Striped Skunks foraging in the yard the past few nights. They usually disappear each morning before it gets light en...

In my last post I explained that milkweed pollination depended on an insect, or other flower visiting animal, snagging a pollen cluster, ...

Common Milkweed is now in full bloom at Blue Jay Barrens.  Common Milkweed has a strong network of rhizomes that allow a single stalk to ...

Black Rat Snakes were not particularly common when we first moved to this property 30+ years ago.  After a few years, snakes took up resi...

Red-headed Woodpecker numbers continue to climb at Blue Jay Barrens.  There are at least five individuals that regularly visit the yard, ...