Shelf Space: What’s New at the Harvard Public Library, 7/10/26
New for Children They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt Meet Sam, an insolent pug and incidental hero who will stop at nothing…
It’s Only Natural: The Eastern milk snake
The common but secretive eastern milk snake is harmless to humans. The poisonous northern copperhead, for which it is often mistaken, is not found…
Wingin’ It: Birding in Maine from the woods to the coast
This summer we had an opportunity to see a lot of Maine. We traveled the entire length of it—and it is big! My wife,…
It’s Only Natural: Honeybees
Honeybee in flight. In its lifetime a honeybee collects enough nectar to make about one-half teaspoon of honey. (Photos by Mary Holland) You are…
Reflections: Musings on small-town living
“I was born in a small town and I’ll die in a small town,” sang John Mellencamp. While the former isn’t true for me,…
Wingin’ It: Summer serenaders retire for the season
After two weeks away in England in mid-May, we returned to the farm to find most of our summer birds back. Working in the…
It’s Only Natural: Is it an orphan?
This fledgling robin’s parents are probably hiding in a nearby shrub, responding to its calls, feeding it, and teaching it survival techniques. (Photo by…
Wingin’ It: Joppa Flats walk nets education
One morning last week I played hookey from work and went to Joppa Flats Audubon Center to join a bird walk in the Parker…
It’s Only Natural: Bird songs
And where the shadows deepest fell, The wood thrush sang his silver bell. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Rose-breasted grosbeak (Photo by Mary Holland) One…
Wingin’ It: Emblems of spring
With their spring-brightened feathers and festive mating songs, birds are signaling the arrival of spring in New England. Goldfinches are now developing bright yellow…
It’s Only Natural: Coltsfoot
A thousand years will come and go, And thousands more will rise, My buried bones to dust will grow And dust defile my eyes.…
