12 June 2026 Otherlands – Journeys in Earth’s Extinct Ecosystems – by Thomas Halliday Described by the publishers as “a stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microbial life 550 million years ago, by a brilliant young paleobiologist. The past is past, but it does leave clues,…

A Northern Flicker has returned to the garden perhaps a month ahead of the normal schedule – right in the middle of a snowstorm. These are primarily ground feeders … that could be a problem.