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In the same walk that netted me these deer photos I also apparently wandered into the breeding territory of a male Red-winged Blackbird. Unfortunately for the bird and its offspring it had chosen rather marginal turf to try to breed in, in little tiny patches of cattails along a path. Needless to say, he was [...]

Vern put together a great little quiz over at Big Spring Birds.

A short stroll this evening at Five Rivers was rewarded with some nice encounters with White-tailed Deer. The shots below were with a particularly cooperative doe that allowed me to close within fifteen feet of her. This one was not cooperative at all, but I still like the result: Have a great weekend…I’ll be back [...]

Ah, emerald! That brilliant beryl, birthstone of May and the most valuable gemstone, by weight, in the world, shines with a green so pure and bright that only the most verdant lands dare claim its name. The color emerald looks as fine in a feather as it does in a jewel. In Central and South [...]

Phil Brown, editor of Adirondack Explorer (a newsmagazine), visited Bigelow Road in the Adirondacks to try to find boreal birds a couple of weeks ago…and failed miserably.  He should have accompanied Will and I back in February. Once I looked beyond the annoying use of “bird brain” in the title of his piece that appeared [...]

and reports on the incredible scientific discourse occuring in “The Blogos Fear” as chronicled by Greg Laden in a most enjoyable Tangled Bank #82.

So rampant overfishing is said to be devastating the world’s fisheries, triggering collapse in certain fish populations and destabilizing the food web. What should that matter to terrestrial folk? What if you live far from the coast and don’t much care for fish? I’m afraid you still can’t afford to ignore the bad news. Declining [...]

How can there be peace when the people who cause war still clamor for the perpetuation of our misery? The arrogance that lives in the government palaces and the houses of the lords of land and big business is still screaming for war and death for our race; they won’t tolerate the idea that indigenous [...]

On Saturday I managed to drag Daisy from bed at 6 am and out the door by 6:30 on our way to some extreme Suffolk County birding. The plan was simple: drive out the Long Island Expressway to exit 70, head to a DEC bike trail where Yellow-breasted Chat and Northern Bobwhite were recently reported, [...]

When last we left our intrepid heroes, they had just caught a glimpse of the rare and elusive Bicknell’s Thrush. Actually, only Corey, Patrick, and I actually saw the high timber thrush; Will arrived at the top as the bird winged off, just in time for us to begin the long scramble down Wakeley Mountain. [...]