Wild Nantucket

  Yellow-crowned night heron There have been a series of articles in the New York Times about Americans “de-churching” , disengaging from c...

Coming and going to an island makes the seasons of the spring seem more defined than they might be if I were in one place. Returning to Na...

Eastern Kingbird!   Anticipation is the heart of spring.  I look forward …not just to the daffodils and shad and beach plum blossoms, but al...

Back from “America,” I am eager to see spring arrive in Nantucket. There are insects and pollinators dancing around on the moors. There is...

  The small marks of spring are welcome:  early blooming daffodils along the Polpis Road, the magnolia in bud at the Screenwriters' Colo...

  Harlequin duck Bufflehead Nantucket this Martin Luther King Day weekend is wracked by storms.  The wind slashes rain against the windows a...

  The slow boat is like a stroll to Nantucket. I like to stand outside and see hundreds of surf scoters “walk away” from the boat. And, ...