Settling into the season yet? I find myself in that sweet spot of summer with many weeks of gorgeous weather and festivities arrayed out...

Peasant: She turned me into a newt! Sir Bedevere: A newt? … … … … Peasant: I got better. The entire scene from which...

The Great Egret is a great bird.  With a dagger attached to a head that has glaring eyes and distance from body as its...

Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) and Clark’s Grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii) are probably best known for their elaborate courtship displays.  These ceremonies are some of the most complex...

It’s a plover, and it lives on the shore. What more do you need to know? Actually, there is a great deal more that...

The Spruce Grouse population in New York State is shrinking to near oblivion and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is on the case....

So, I have now been living in the Alps for about 4 years. And I cannot claim that it was easy at first. I...

On a recent visit to Cape May Point State Park in search of an elusive Purple Gallinule I did not find my quarry but...