The Joyce Road Neighborhood

The hunting season for Cottontail Rabbits ( Sylvilagus floridanus ) starts on October 24th and I'm sure the neighborhood rabbits know t...

Whether you call them groundhogs ( Marmota monax ), woodchucks, or whistlepigs, these large rodents are known for their burrowing habits an...

The fawns continue to grow and are becoming more adventurous as they explore the neighborhood and socialize with other deer. The fawns ...

The annual invasion of Japanese Beetles ( Popillia japonica ) hasn't been too destructive for the past few years, but they have schedul...

Yesterday afternoon a violent storm struck the neighborhood and dropped a large white pine tree on Walt & Geri Romanik's house. Alon...

I was checking one of my wildlife food plots and caught up with a flock of turkeys looking for lunch. The turkey poults (chicks) are get...

It has been a tough haymaking season. The lack of spring rainfall and above average temperatures in May slowed hay growth and then the conti...

To most people, when they think of honeysuckle, they think of a bush with sweet smelling flowers in the spring. To many landowners the honey...

The turtles are on the move in the neighborhood. My prior posting was on a Wood turtle I found in our lawn and today we found a Snapping tur...

I've posted several photos of Eastern Painted turtles and Snapping turtles, the two most abundant turtles in this area, but I had a thi...

I was "brush hogging" one of our fields and I noticed several dark gray butterflies clustered on a flowering plant. As I mowed clo...

We've had a lot of cool/wet weather this summer and mushrooms are popping up all over. I recently noticed an area covered with yello...

The Blue Heron is still at our cabin property, but he has increased his scope. I found him a couple hundred yards from the pond in the drive...

I see Blue Herons frequently on our cabin pond, but like a thief at a crime scene, they make a quick exit with their stolen loot. In most c...

Earlier today I noticed the pond at our cabin was muddy and riled up. This evening I watch a deer walk around in the shallow end of the pond...