James Russell Lowell famously wondered, “And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days…” Of course, he...
September migration is a fine time to appreciate birds on the wing, so fine that many of you may have missed many of our Extinction...
September sharpens one’s priorities, in that every weekend offers so much to do that only the most attractive or important options make the cut....
Henry James knew all about how transcendent this time of year can be, at least up here in the northern temperate zone: “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon;...
Summer, by which I mean accepted as opposed to seasonal, surges towards its inevitable end and I find myself wondering when real summer, by which...
If you read my weekly posts bookending the weekend birding experience, you know that I pay close attention to phenology. The way the ebb and...
Summer weather ain’t what it used to be around these parts. An ill-timed polar vortex has sucked all the heat–and fun— out of mid-summer....
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