"Mountain Seasons" articles appear monthly in The Villager. Click on the name of the article to view a .pdf for reading or printing.
AnimalsAnimal TracksBearsEastern Gray SquirrelFox Rabbits and Hares Skunks The Chipper ChipmunkThe Very Clever RacoonWhite-tailed Deer Woodchuck
TreesEastern Red CedarFerns, White Oak TreeHickory Norway Spruce PlantingsServiceberrySugar Maple TreesSweet Gum Tree Bark Virginia Pine
Shrubs/Other Plants Autumn Olive Common Spicebush Crown VetchInvasive PlantsNonnative Invasive Plants PyracanthaViburnum Winterberry Plant Witch Hazel Plant
Bloodroot
FlowersBloodroot Cardinal Flower and Black-Eyed Susan Colts Foot and Other Spring Blooms Deptford Pink Dwarf Crested IrisFlower NamesGoldenrodGreat Chickweed JewelweedMay-Apple, GeraniumMilkweedsQueen Anne's LaceSpring Beauty and Hepatica Trilliums Wildflowers
Insects Good InsectsMonarch ButterflyThe Orb Weaver Spider SpidersWalking Stick Insects Woolly Bear Caterpillars
BirdsA Big Black Bird - GracklesAmerican Robin Bald EagleBeaks and BillsBirds and Glass Window Collisions Cedar Waxwing Christmas Bird Count or CBCThe Cowbird Eastern Screech Owl Goldfinches and ThistlesJuncos Hawk Migration House Sparrow or English SparrowRed-Tailed HawkRuby-throated Hummingbird The Turkey Vulture and Other Large BirdsThe Wren Tufted Titmouse White-Breasted Nuthatch Wild Turkeys & Mast
Skink
