The American people own in common a lot of very cool places. Among our vast wildspace wealth is the National Forest system, public lands...

I haven’t had any major birding expeditions over the last week and a half but I have had several small ones.  Now that fall...

Daisy recently decided to get a tattoo.  And not just any tattoo, but a tattoo of a magpie, drawn by her, and turned into...

We’re in the home stretch as far as August 2008 is concerned. This news might alarm the legions of students who are less than...

On the 21st of January of this year I began keeping track of all of my bird sightings on eBird, the online checklist program...

While the autumnal equinox is still more that a month away, for most of us, summer is almost over. Have you accomplished what you...

Summer can turn on a dime, don’t you think? One week you’re slaving away for the man (or woman) while the next finds you...

Debra Ross is the publisher of KidsOutAndAbout.com, a web site for parents based in western New York State. She’s also the proud winner of...