Question: I was walking in the woods recently, and I was startled by a bird taking off next to me. Was this a grouse or even a pheasant? Answer: If it was in the woods of central and northern ...

If you didn’t know what you were listening to, you might suspect a larger creature was stirring in the brush. The explosion of feathers and wings and all thing bird both will startle you and, in a ...

Tracey Forest, who runs Spirit Hollow, a silent nature-based retreat in Shaftsbury, described on December 22, 2025 how she needed to re-locate her business during logging in the adjoining Green ...