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You folks are lookin' a mite peaked , so-to get your hearts pumpin', an' your toes jumpin' , here's Vassar Clements with Del Mc Coury and a few stray fiddlers: Orange Blossom Special

There was a bit of confusion at the store this morning. When I was ready to pay for my groceries, the cashier said, "Strip down, facing me." Making a mental note to complain to my Congressman about Homeland Security running amok, I did just as she had instructed. When the hysterical...

I've noticed with blackbirds, it's very common for a perfectly capable juvenile to ignore food at its feet, in favor of pestering Mommy (I guess) until she feeds him. I had not noticed Robins (some, anyway) do the same thing. There is a "boomerang" robin in my back yard -full fledged and...

Today, June 5, 2012, at about 6:10PM, I saw a Golden Eagle flying Northwest, about 4 miles north of the intersection of Rte 322 and Fries Mill Rd. The bird was about 80' high ( roughly 4 car lengths), and in no particular hurry. I hadn't seen one since boyhood and was rather moved. (In the...

5/25/12 ---about 6:43PM, while looking out window - area of Fries Mill Rd and Glassboro Crosskeys Rd, Twp of Washington, saw big bird flying East to West, about 50' high. Had to grab for my eyeglasses, and missed some details. Bird was combination of brown and tan-(impression of barred...

Saw these creatures in the pines yesterday ; asked them : "Where is our good friend Maurice Sendak ?" I'm not sure, but I think one answered: " He's where the Wild Things are now." Sendak was 83 when he left us.

I'll skip the introductory text, and get right to it:

1. I see large flights of geese (100+) as a regular thing, but ducks ? Two or three at a time-different species, from what I could see. (Wonder why so few ??) 2. Robins never entirely left this winter. (Kept seeing stragglers around-usually loners.) This morning, the trees are "full" of...

Just how horny WAS that damned moose ?

Thanks to Google, I now know the graceful wind sailors I've been calling "turkey buzzards" are really Turkey Vultures ; and, despite some persistent earlier mis-classification, aren't Raptors either ---but members of the Stork family. (Imagine what kind of baby THEY would deliver !) I mention...

Otherwise known as.......MARDI GRAS !! Can you imagine celebrating Mardi Gras in the Pines ? <a href="http://s468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/mrmeangenes/?action=view&amp;current=mardigrasmutt.jpg" target="_blank"><img...

Regrettably, much of my wildlife viewing is through the picture window these days (health issues) but I do get to watch the ducks and geese fly to work (here in Gloucester County) ; and I do get to watch some of the local raptors at work. There is a Cooper's Hawk that displays a "stealth"...

I know Folsom, NJ isn't QUITE in the Barrens - even though I pass a small section of Atlantic County Barrens just to get there---BUT : How on earth did Folsom get its name ?:rolleyes:

I doubt there will be much of a "snow pack" this winter. Do you think we might have near-drought conditions later on ?

Ever wonder how that little brook got its name ? Well, according to some, it had to do with a runaway female indentured servant (then called a "Jade"), whose Master put a full page ad in the Philadelphia papers ; STOP THE JADE !! He wasn't all that popular with the locals, and one of the more...