I am an amateur naturalist who has taken coursework in forest ecology, field ecology, dendrology and landscape plants as part of my B.S. from Cook College, Rutgers University. I am reasonably good at identifying trees and edible plants. Since I love to hunt but hate to kill, I am becoming an avid nature photographer. Most of my photographs so far are of birds, butterflies, moths, and odonates. I can spend all day in the fields and woods, and time passes incredibly quickly when I'm there.