The Joyce Road Neighborhood

Today was another damp, dreary day, but with the fall turkey season starting tomorrow it was a perfect time for a drive around our property....

The temperature was in the low 40's most of today as a light rain fell all day. The neighborhood deer seemed to enjoy the weather and we...

I did a quick fly-over of our West Hill property and the corn field this weekend. Most of the maple trees have dropped their colorful leaves...

More unusually warm/dry weather. It was 80°F here yesterday, but many signs of Autumn are here. I was mowing our lawn (and leaves) along the...

We were driving past our barn property today when we noticed a very large bird in the top of a walnut tree. I didn't have my binoculars ...

It was in the low 30's this morning when the neighborhood flock of turkeys stopped by looking for breakfast. These turkeys roost in the ...

Grandson Reed and his dad are visiting us for a couple of days. Today was sunny and clear, with the temperature in the upper 60's. Mr. R...

I'm not good on identifying some birds of prey and need help on this one. It appears to be moulting and I'm guessing it's an imm...

It started out as a project to collect some seeds from the Moth Mullein wildflowers for propagation and sharing. I soon found myself collect...

I was doing some work at our West Hill property when a small flock of turkeys decided to check out the work by doing a flyover.

It's a case of what's bad news for one could be good news for another. It was bad news for an opossum that didn't look both ways...

I looked out our front window this morning while drinking my coffee and saw we had guests in our lawn. (Q) Why did the turkeys cross the roa...

The green leaves of summer are taking on their fall colors. I flew my drone over our neighborhood to capture some of the colors before the l...

There's a lesson here, look up more often. We don't know how long the Yellow Jackets have been building this nest, but it was locate...

We had a guest waiting at our doorstep today when we returned home from some errands. This Chinese mantis was standing in our door frame wai...