“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”

Crows are supposedly year-round residents in most of their range, but we have crows that migrate to Martha’s Vineyard for the winter.

This is the last week to see Lanny McDowell’s avian photography exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse.

The morning sky fills with planets this month. Jupiter and Venus will be in conjunction.

Though it is fall, it is a good time for wetland lovers to spring into action to protect vernal pools.

Most of the spotted sandpipers are now well south of the Vineyard, as their migration peaks in August and September.