Eastman Living Online Magazine

BY AMY HOFFMAN Bobcats have been reported many times this season. Debra Lavoie, who is a professional photographer living in Bright Slope Special Place, has taken the best photo of a bobcat I’ve ever seen. She said: I have been observing this lovely bobcat’s behavior, and she likes to rub up against objects just like […]

By Amy Hoffman I know this article is usually about Eastman wildlife but I felt this news might be a good addition: A group of Eastman folks participated in the Recreation-sponsored remote kayak trip to Maine in August. We were encouraged by all the wildlife we saw. As we began our trip, several people mentioned […]

By Amy Hoffman Winter & Spring Eastman has a perfect habitat for birds. Ruth Ann Eastman reported the turkeys are still roaming near her home on the golf course. Curtiss Clark took an awesome photo of a pileated woodpecker. Adam Connelly saw one too and could not believe how big they are. Anne Langsdorf sent […]

On a late summer day, when the mosquitoes had left the woods, I walked to John’s Glen.

By Amy Hoffman With the demise of the iconic tree at the Eastman front entrance, I started to look for other trees that had unusual shapes. I found a yellow birch that had been nurtured by another tree during its early growth. When you look at it, you may think little elves are living under […]

Hibernation finally ended after a late spring and Eastman residents got out and about and reported wildlife sightings. Arlene Brown has kept watch on a barred owl that has taken up residence part time in her backyard on Allen’s Drive. She believes it is the one released in Eastman by the Vermont Institute of Science’s […]

There were no winter sightings of wildlife reported, but on November 29, 2016, Rick Karash wrote: I was sitting working at my desk, when a bald eagle flew along the shoreline, perched in a tree in my yard, and preened a bit. It perched, looked around for a while, flew up and down the shoreline […]

By Aaron Jenkyn Here’s a look at what some of your friends and neighbors saw while out and about in Eastman this summer: On June 17, Rae Tober watched as an eight-inch snapping turtle laid eggs in the garden of her Clearwater Drive home. The turtle dug many holes in the garden, and, once she […]

By Aaron Jenkyn Judy and Bob McCarthy wrote in during the first week of spring to say that they had robins hopping in their yard, flocks of brightly hued goldfinch flitting from tree to tree, and a solitary purple finch sitting stoically on their ornamental cherry tree. At the West Cove inlets, Judy saw a […]

Judy McCarthy wrote on February 1, 2016: Every year, I am fascinated by the birds and their habit of torpor, which is the practice of becoming almost completely inactive or still for the purpose of maintaining a constant body temperature, particularly in very cold weather. I first noticed this several years ago. Our feeder has […]

By Aaron Jenkyn Last fall, the weather was unusually warm, delightfully sunny, and perfect for getting out and about in Eastman. Here’s a glimpse at what some of your neighbors saw this fall: While kayaking along the northwest shore of the lake at the end of August, Elaine Lascher spotted a mink traveling along the […]

By Aaron Brooke Jenkyn On days when we aren’t out and about in Eastman, my two-and-half-year-old son likes to play a game of watching out the window to see what kind of animals come by. Sometimes his imagination runs a little wild and he sees dinosaurs, alligators, and monkeys. But more often, he points out […]