I am a retired PhD Chemist and Physician. I have completed the New York Master Naturalist Program (Cornell University) and the Vermont Master Naturalist Program (Burlington, VT & South Hero, VT). I am an avid nature watcher and amateur nature photographer. I presently live in South Hero, Vermont. You can follow my nature rambles throughout Vermont's Champlain Islands via my blog "Champlain Islands' Nature" -- https://champlainislandsnature.blogspot.com/.