Nature of Delaware Blog

Fair warning, this blog might make you itchy.. Everyone and their grandmother knows the age old adage “leaves of three let it be,” but does everyone know exactly which leaves of three? Working in the outdoor field for ten years, I have come across my fair share of poison ivy patches, vines, bushes, and carefully…

I didn’t misspell the title of this blog. It is a word German behavioral scientists coined meaning “migratory restlessness”, referring to a period in the spring and fall when caged, migratory species they were studying repeatedly fluttered towards one side of their cage. The birds just knew it was time to migrate. Almost every day…

By Sheila Vincent, Delaware Nature Society Group Programs Coordinator One look at our “sister planet” (so called because it is closest to us and almost as large) blazing in the evening sky this month will convince you that she is aptly named.  Only the moon outshines her silvery brilliance.  Find her above and to the…

Do you hear that? The sound of bees buzzing, birds calling, wind rustling through the trees? Or is it more like the TV buzzing, people calling, and cars bustling down the road? Right now we are all stuck in this Twilight Zone-esque period where we must stay in our homes without any real sense of…

Well it is not exactly “now or never” as there is always next spring.  However, if you are like me and you enjoy native wildflowers you will want to get out as soon as possible to see and enjoy some of our most beautiful woodland flowering plants. Spring ephemerals is a general term for native…

This time of year, I go for walks in the woods. I notice native spring ephemeral wildflowers such as spring beauty, trout lily, bloodroot, and many others. However, I have a hard time ignoring one particular plant that seems to thrive in every woodland…the invasive exotic garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata. This plant, native to large…