The Land Bank has seen an increase in deaths among the herd, partially due to the goats getting older and the fact that the worms are becoming resistant to dewormer.

Laura Lennihan’s grandparents must have been true romantics. Fifty-plus years ago, they planted lilac bushes, which symbolize first love, around their Vineyard Haven home.

Migration can be interrupted by strong northeasters like we experienced last weekend. The website Birdcas (birdcast.info) uses radar to monitor the skies for migrating birds and posts the results.

This Sunday a gibbous moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Taurus and it is the first day of autumn. Autumn arrives officially at 8:43 a.m. that morning.

I was seeing red. It wasn’t a case of anger, just of observation. Walking along a trail recently, I noticed a scattering of small bright red objects along the sandy trail.

Most, but not all Baltimore orioles have left for points south by now, but some will linger into January.