Yesterday marked the celebration of Earth Day, a holiday most of our readers observe every day. Here’s a question for all the proud naturalists...

It’s clear that birds copulate, procreate, and promote their genes with alacrity. But love? Do birds feel love? Can they? To explore this question,...

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. -Emily Dickinson This week of posts will either win great...

The Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus is an unassuming thrush to look at.  Guttatus is Latin for “speckled” and the Hermit Thrush is certainly speckled...

This unhappy-looking tar baby is covered with a green, environmentally-friendly product called Tanglefoot. It is a non-drying, sticky compound that is used to protect...

This month strikes me as the oddest April in my memory. Then again, April is always an odd month. Robert Frost certainly thought so…...

I live near a highway. All winter, I almost never went west on that road, only east, but a couple of times I did...

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live.  If one is...