We are gradually building a database of wildlife and plant life in and around Lake Garfield to help you identify what you see and hear.

Watch each month for Bonner McAllester’s articles from the Monterey News highlighted here.

 
 

Anyone familiar with the prickles on barberry might think them protected from goats and cows. But Henry Thoreau, an avid barberry picker, considered the cows helpful distributors of the seeds…

Read more in Bonner McAllester’s article in the January 2025 Monterey News

 

Click on the wildlife below to view past articles by Bonner McAllester and George Emmons.

 

Tufts Pollinator Initiative!

There are lots of valuable insects that help with the important job of pollination. TPI has guides for bumblebees, wasps, butterflies, hover flies and a wonderful guide to wild bees of New England.