Donna Young

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Last Saturday, April 21, I gathered leaf litter from the woods for my garden. I used a leaf rake to gather the litter. At some point in this task, I uncovered a green caterpillar. I picked it up along with leaf litter and placed it in a plastic container. After that, I continued working. Afterward, […]

Update to American Goldfinch.
The male goldfinches in this area are now bright yellow except for their black and white wings, white under parts, and black mask. The females remain a duller color and they lack the black mask.
This image shows two male goldfinches.Occasionally I watch the goldfinches. They cluster around the bird feeders most of […]

Crataegus Mollis, My Tree of the Year
This year my tree to study is the Crataegus mollis, or that is what I currently believe it to be. The common name for Crataegus mollis is downy hawthorn or down hawthorn. I will refer to it as hawthorn. My hawthorn is a puny spindly tree. I will make […]

American Goldfinches are not very gold during the winter. The feathers which are normally yellow are a rather murky brown-green color. Yesterday I noticed that the goldfinches which visit the bird feeder are growing yellow feathers. In time, all of the murky feathers will be yellow. Today I managed to get a photograph.