The smallest bird in the garden, and the least afraid. There is a moment, if you sit still long enough on a summer afternoon, when a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird stops in the air right in front...

A pair of cardinals, at the moment they touch beaks. In late winter you will sometimes catch two cardinals on the same branch, close together, and see the male pass a seed directly to the...

Brighten your yard with a Sparrow in its own lovely home! Enjoy the feelings of community, joy, and simplicity that these lovely birds are so well known for. Plus, it makes the perfect gift for...

The squirrel is a symbol of abundance, preparedness, rest, and better days. The perfect gift for you or someone you love. When you see your Squirrel stake right at home in your favorite tree, you...

The one bird everybody knows on sight. You do not have to be a birdwatcher to know a cardinal. A child can name one. They come to the feeder in the dead of winter, against...

The Bald Eagle is a symbol of strength, courage, integrity, and freedom. The perfect gift for you or someone else. When you see our Nation’s Bird and Flag stake in your favorite tree you’ll be...

The Horned Owl is a symbol of courage, strength and beauty. The perfect gift for you or someone else. When you see your horned owl stake in your favorite tree, you’ll be reminded of the...

The Beehive symbolises wealth, bounty, and wisdom. Which makes it the perfect gift for you or someone you know. When you see the beehive stake hanging from your tree, you’ll be reminded of the bounty...

These little Gnomes are known to reward you with happiness, protect your four-legged friends from harm, and even help nurture your garden! The perfect gift for you or someone you know! When you see your...

In March, the sound carries farther than the bird. The drumming starts before the leaves do. A fast, hard roll on a dead limb — or on a gutter, or a section of aluminum flashing,...

The Butterfly is a symbol of comfort, hope, change and positivity! The perfect gift for you or someone else. When you see these butterflies fluttering in your favorite tree, you can relish in the hope...

It isn't actually blue. There is no blue pigment in a Blue Jay. Not a trace. The color comes from the structure of the feather itself, which scatters light back at you in that particular...

Gnomes symbolize good luck for you and protection for your four legged friends. The perfect gift for you or someone you know! When you see your Gnomes staked in your favorite tree you can be...

Greet your visitors humorously with your Bigfoot Welcome stake. Perfect for you or someone you know! You can be certain that all guests will be complimenting you on this creative conversation starter!  Your new Bigfoot...

The Finch is a symbol of happiness, diversity, and energy, making it the perfect gift for you or someone who embodies these qualities! When you see your Finch sitting happily on your favorite tree each...

Every reindeer on this branch is female. Reindeer are the only deer in the world in which the females grow antlers too — and the timing is the giveaway. Bulls shed theirs in late autumn,...

Five gnomes, one toadstool, and a word. There is a moment at the end of an evening when people come up the walk and don't quite know they're being greeted. A sign at the turn...

She lays one a day, and waits. A bird building a nest does most of the shaping with her own body. She lays in the grass and stems, then settles into the middle and turns...

One woman wrote letters for thirty-six years to make this a holiday. Sarah Josepha Hale edited the most widely read magazine in America and used it, year after year, to argue that the country ought...

Before the pumpkin, it was a turnip. The jack-o'-lantern came over from Ireland, where the story goes that a man named Stingy Jack got himself barred from both heaven and hell and was sent off...

The woods came back, and the bear came with them. A hundred and fifty years ago most of New England was cleared — pasture and stone wall to the ridgeline, and hardly a bear in...

New Year's Day has not always been in January. For most of English history the year turned on the 25th of March — Lady Day, the old quarter day, near enough the spring equinox. That...

The yellow was there the whole time. A green leaf is full of color you cannot see. The carotenoids that make it gold and orange are present all summer, doing their work quietly underneath, hidden...

John Adams thought we'd be celebrating the second. The Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2nd, 1776. Adams sat down that evening and wrote to Abigail that the second of July would be the...