The natural attractions of midsummer seem more subtle than those enjoyed during the frantic peregrinations of the world’s migratory species. But tasteful birders can...

It has been, by many aspects, a strange summer for me. Especially the bird breeding season, which passes by at the blink of an...

Blackbirds are blackbirds. Meadowlarks are meadowlarks. In the new world all meadowlarks and blackbirds, along with grackles, cowbirds, orioles, oropendulas, and some others, are...

The swallows here in Montana have an admirable ability to assort themselves into nesting niches. Bank Swallows live in our many sandy banks. Tree...

Niagara Falls… where water blends into sky Summer weekends cry out for adventure. Are you seizing the day or shrinking from the moment? I’m...

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. in Antigo, WI. She is a lifelong champion of all...

A friend of mine has this contraption called a Mosquito Magnet that uses carbon dioxide to attract and vacuum up mosquitoes from his yard....

It is not every day that you get to see a hummingbird. It is even rarer to see a hummingbird on its nest, seeing...