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Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Protecting pollinator populations is key for phoebes, other birds Bees retrieve pollen from an azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s yard in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Jessica Tanner cleans out dead stems from her pollinator garden at her home in Northampton. She leaves the stems all winter so insects can live in them throughout the cold months and hatch in the spring. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Bees retrieve pollen from an Azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s y...

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Protecting pollinator populations is key for phoebes, other birds Bees retrieve pollen from an azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s yard in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Jessica Tanner cleans out dead stems from her pollinator garden at her home in Northampton. She leaves the stems all winter so insects can live in them throughout the cold months and hatch in the spring. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Bees retrieve pollen from an Azalea bush, one of the first plants that blooms in spring, in Jessica Tanner’s y...

Happy and healthy New Year!  "I just realized that I’m one of the people that took an interest in birds during the pandemic. Watching birds sure does calm the soul; they don’t seem to be angry, arrogant, rude, or looking for conflict.” NatureWatch saved me!” — Anonymous Naturewatch Reader, North Berkshire. (aka Timothy Zelazo, Florida)  December was the month of reporting wrens to Naturewatch "Thanks for your column! I've been lucky enough to have a pair of Carolina wrens at my suet feeder every morning for about a week, at 7 am, here in Lanesborough." — Chris ...