Wildlife tales and photography by Kriss MacDonald as part of her nature diary.
Last week I encountered a rather noisy quartet of geese while my daughter had a riding lesson. It wasn’t a gaggle as apparently you need five geese on the ground to call them this. This honking quartet of domestic white geese were quite a contrast to the quiet goslings with mother goose I watched earlier […]
How did I get so close to this black bear? In August last year we went on a road trip from the Northeast to the Southeast of the USA and stopped on the way at Grandfather Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Appalachians. The clouds had fallen down from the sky that day
North Carolina Black Bear Read More »
I wondered about the origin of the phrase ‘a bird on a wire’ or ‘birds on a wire’ but couldn’t find an answer. Some believe that the expression comes from Leonard Cohen’s song: Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Or maybe it’s
Look up at the sky! I told my kids. Another hawk overhead. Living in the Hamptons we often stared up at the sky or searched telephone posts and wires looking for birds of prey. From the Spring onwards my children and I caught sight of Ospreys sitting on their high nest poles scanning the water nearby. I’ve even
The Hamptons Birds of Prey – Look up at the sky! Read More »
Just past Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor is a duck crossing on Jermain Avenue. The ducks regularly cross the road here between Otter pond and some marshy woods on the other side. Often you’ll see them waiting by the side of the road until the traffic is clear before all the ducks waddle across!
Duck crossing in Sag Harbor Read More »
