Penguin Parade
This is the last in a series of three articles about our trip to Antarctica. We encountered our first penguins in the Falkland Islands at West Point Island. There we […]
The Great Outdoors
Whale of a Time
Last week I shared with you our voyage to Antarctica on the French ship Le Lyrial. In that article, I spoke about the various professionals who gave lectures aboard the
South Pole Summer
My husband and I recently returned from a three-week trip, during which two weeks were spent in the Southern Ocean with the intent of experiencing Antarctica, the seventh continent. For
Mary’s Winters
My husband and I took a road trip south to Florida and Alabama after Christmas to visit family and friends. It was a bit of a whirlwind tour but long
Eat More Plants
Cumberland County has a long legacy of agriculture, dating back to its earliest inhabitants, the Lenni Lenape who arrived 12,000 years ago. They grew corn, several kinds of beans, squash,
Birds Huddle
While leading a field trip to Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, one of our participants observing the waterfowl queried, “How do they keep their feet warm?” I’d read an
Holly Jolly
Southern New Jersey residents get to enjoy holly year-round in our wooded areas, but at Christmastime I’m especially appreciative of it as it adds color to what otherwise would be
Just Ahead: Brighter Days
This time of year, as twilight falls earlier and earlier, I look forward to longer days and shorter nights. I think about times that predate electric, oil, and gas lamps,
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Butter Butt Warbler
One of the most commonly seen small songbirds in the late fall through early spring in our forests is the yellow-rumped warbler. It is an absolutely lovely bird, but because
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I Spy—with My Binocular Eye
The Nelson’s sparrow winters on the Delaware Bayshore after having nested in New England, or further north in Canada’s Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, along the entrance to the Saint Lawrence
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