NOT YET OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
"You don't have to destroy the land to live here" - MIKE DOUVILLE, TLINGIT ELDER
Original acrylic by Joan Zander Millard
Competition in the bird habitat
Downy woodpecker and Eastern bluebird in the bird habitat
Native bees love the Spring beauty carpet
Bird habitat under construction
Bird habitat in winter
Switchgrass (native) with natural tinsel
Four acres of turf grass replaced by native flowers and grasses
Native tree seedlings will grow inside a deer enclosure for 2-4 years
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Eastern bluebird entering its nest inside the bird habitat
Cooper's Hawk
Volunteers planting native trees in grow bags
Geothermal installation helps reduce dependence on fossil fuels
New owl's nest in case the natural nest falls down with the remaining ash trees
Trail cam captures a curious deer and leaping squirrel
Windows look out at the bird habitat
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Rose-breasted grosbeak
Solar panels help power the home and wildlife waterfalls...turf grass later replaced by native forbs and grasses
Wood floors we milled from fallen trees
Handsome and healthy part of the ecosystem
One of the dogs who has rescued us
Swimming pool top left replaced by bird habitat complete with waterfall
Turkey vulture
Doors made from a Hickory that fell across the drive
The forested area will never be developed
The original farm and forest
Eastern Bluebird in the bird habitat
Downy woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Flicker
Rigel (L) and Eddy (R) 2024
Pileated Woodpecker
Male of nesting pair of Eastern bluebirds
Geronimo giving the long camera lens the side-eye
Albert fledged 2023
Lulu - first of three Great Horned Owls to fledge in 2020
Alope
Dohn-say
Chappo
Geronimo
Casey 2023
Common Milkweed
Invasive shrubs dumped illegally on the forest floor
Upright Prairie Coneflower
Repurposed red oak flooring
Repurposed red oak fireplace mantel
Repurposed live-edge red oak fireplace mantel
Brown-eyed Susan
Wild black raspberries
Fall colors
Purple Coneflower
White Fawn Lily
Yellow Trout Lily
Virginia springbeauty
Blue violet
Albert 2023