Lifelong casual birder, general-interest naturalist and casual photographer. Long Island, NY, native. Now retired from a career in university administration and teaching. I’m a member of the Pollinator Pathway, but started rewilding my small exurban property well before that existed, 11 years ago, by seeding a meadow where previous owner had 1/3 acre of lawn. I love living in the Catskills/Hudson Valley boundary after almost 50 years in the Great Lakes bioregion. I’m a poet, musician and artist.