This is the time of year when our local waterways – rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds – really begin to come to life. The backyard pond on our Northbrook homestead is no exception where one of those ...

Mid-June, and a few days ago we saw a wood duck with two tiny chicks on Moose Lake. Another female with two fluffy ones came through my home pond, going downstream. That’s always fun. But it got more ...