Terroir

Terroir …  a sense of place: a taste of the earth

Wildlife Sanctuary

Audubon is an excellent resource for the region, mapping a network of wildlife sanctuaries. In Berkshire County, the Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary's 1300 acre site has 700 species of flora and 167 species of birds. Beaver ponds can be seen along the trails, and the quiet of the Sanctuary is broken only by the sound of birds. In the show below, birds provide the audio – there is no narrative.

Ice Fishing

Several lakes and ponds in the area are fished in the winter. Taft's Tackle & Charter Services  provides valuable information about local fishing conditions, and Massachusetts Fish and Game tracks fish populations and provides topographical maps of the water depth of lakes and ponds. The images below are from Greenwater Pond in West Becket, MA. 

 

These images are from Stockbridge Bowl in Lenox, MA – the fish is a pickerel.

Landscapes

Two farms in March: An apple orchard in Williamstown, MA (top) and a tree farm in Hillsdale, NY (bottom).

Winter in the Berkshires is nearing its end, and as we transition into spring, the weather changes dramatically day to day. When a snow shower covered the area, this image was taken on Baldwin Hill in North Egremont, MA.