The Joyce Road Neighborhood

I never know what I'll find on my evening wildlife drives. This time it was a skunk, also known as a dog's chew toy.

Black bear mating season is at peak activity in June and July, and I found this bear near my hunting stand this morning. Male bears trave...

Ckecking the game camera near my spring turkey blind. Some deer and turkey photos, it did have photos of 2 different bears. The bear phot...

After a very wet spring the Chanterelle mushrooms are starting to appear in the woods behind our house. Grandson Reed and I wer...

Grandson Reed and I were at our cabin pond today looking for "Free Range" turtles when we noticed a pair of red winged blackbir...

A couple of our neighbors saw a bear near our cabin road this morning. After several trips around our cabin property I had no luck findin...

Today was the big day for the nesting Killdeers, the eggs were hatching. By 10:00AM 3 of the 4 eggs had hatched. One of the Killde...

Seeing lots of fawns. Found this one along the road to our cabin.

The Killdeers have been on their nest for 3 weeks and the chicks should hatch within the next 5 to 10 days. The nest and eggs are in the ...

After seeing a bear in our lawn yesterday, I checked the game cameras at the "Bone Yard" which is almost a mile from our house....

I had just pulled into our driveway at 8:30PM when I saw a small bear walking along the edge of our lawn. I watched and followed the bear...

I had my first newborn fawn encounter today. As we were returning home we watched a doe slowly walk across the township road and then wai...

It's another cold/rainy day and I was in the side-by-side checking for drainage issues behind our barn when I encountered this bear i...

After visiting the Killdeer's nest several times a day, the birds are letting me get much closer to take photos. The bird got off the...

Last year a pair of Killdeers (Charadrius vociferus) nested near the pipeline valves on our property. The birds are back again this year ...