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Peek-a-boo and Warblers 2
Northern Parula By: Pat Coate Happily a recent trip to Allegany State Park yielded a warbler that I don’t often see – a Northern Parula. It, along with several other birds, seemed to be playing peek-a-boo with me while working its way through this beautiful flowering tree. Some field marks for the Northern Parula visible […]
Swansea City, football's Tower Colliery
Learning to run a football club is one thing. Turning it in to a multi-million pound business is another, so the achievement is a marvellous one.
Actress Ruth Madoc and director Pia Furtado on the Welsh icon Dorothy Squires
A new play about Wales' answer to Edith Piaf opened last week at Sherman
Cymru and has so far received standing ovations from audiences.
Attack of the Gypsy Moths
Late last summer, I hiked the Beehunter trail with friends. It was weird and creepy. When we stopped, it sounded like it was raining. The trail was littered with bits of leaves – like the schnitzels of paper after children have been practicing with scissors. Normally, when you look up into a tree, you can […]
The death of Lawrence of Arabia
On 19 May 1935 the remarkable TE Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia as he is better known, died in a motorcycle accident in Dorset.
Does this photo make me look more adoptable?
So I've been taking photos of some of the adoptable dogs and cats for the PAWS Atlanta website for a couple of months now. I started volunteering there shortly after we adopted Sadie. At first, I assisted their photographer by helping...Show More Summary
Way Down Yonder in the Pawpaw Patch
The Ted Grisez Arboretum at Jamestown Audubon has a Pawpaw Patch! I’ve written about it before – the year I learned what a Pawpaw is and actually tasted one. Yesterday I took a stroll through the arboretum and found it blooming. I was surprised by the flower whose petals remind me of Red Trillium. It […]
New sounds for spring
This week at BBC NOW HQ we have been preparing for our two concerts that will be part of the 2013 Vale of Glamorgan Festival.
Happy Thursday
Chipmonk By: Pat Coate Subscribe All Rights Reserved ©2006-2013 Filed under: iPhone
Lone Ranger
Lone RangerBarra Beach - Rio de Janeiro May 2013
Mother's Day Sunset - Barra Beach - Rio de Janeiro
The Mother of All Sunsets Mother's Day - 2013 Rio de Janeiro
Trillium Tricks
Look! Two white trilliums. But wait. Look carefully! They aren’t the same. The second flower is truly White Trillium (Trillium grandiflora). The first is actually a Red Trillium (Trillium erectum). Sometimes, there are white-flowered Red Trilliums. What can I say? Nature is weird. I found the above white-flowered version at College Park while leading […]
Frank Brangwyn, artist extraordinary
Many people have visited Brangwyn Hall in Swansea and seen the Empire Panels housed there. But how many know anything at all about the man who created such magnificent works of art?
Bird Banding
We had a great, if a bit chilly, day at bird banding. Here are some of the birds we caught, banded, and released: Gray Catbird Song Sparrow Black-capped Chickadee Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler White-throated Sparrow Hairy Woodpecker, Female Blue Jay The ever observant Terry LeBaron also noticed a Song Sparrow fly up out of the […]
The 2013-2014 season has launched!
The beginning of May is an exciting time in the musical calendar as all the new seasons are launched.
Spring Warblers
Prairie Warbler By: Pat Coate Great time of year for birding. Lots of warblers are moving through the area. Nine species so far, hoping to add some more this week. Yellow Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Black and White Warbler Subscribe All Rights Reserved ©2006-2013 Filed under: iPhone Tagged: black and white warbler, black-throated green warbler, [...]
Wildflower Wednesday: Orchids, Viburnum, and Phlox Plus Birds
The past week has been a little chilly with the past two days with heavy rain. Still, the native wildflowers lining our driveway cheer me up. Forest Phlox (Phlox divaricata) plants are on the forest floor under the red bud trees. This shrub is some type of Viburnum I believe but if anyone knows what it is, let me know. Show More Summary
Hugh Hughes to return to native Anglesey as part of National Theatre Wales residency
If you haven't had the pleasure of seeing comedian Shôn Dale-Jones
assume the guise of Hugh Hughes, then you might want to head to Anglesey
next month for his theatrical homecoming.
