September, as you’ve no doubt heard time and time again, is a season of flux. No matter where you are in the world, chances...

Anyone attuned to the roving of raptors and peregrinations of passerines is probably sporting a big smile this morning thinking about the weekend’s sightings....

The first weekend of September is a volatile time. A season of stasis gives way to months of movement and flux. What fun! My...

The last weekend of August doesn’t actually equate to the last weekend of summer. Officially, that arrives around the third weekend of September, but...

You may not have noticed, but this blog has been acting uncharacteristically lackadaisical this weekend. Many potential reasons spring to mind, but one possibility...

You’ve probably heard me observe once or twice how hot this summer has been in the U.S. But like so many things, evaluations of...

Hot enough for you? If you’re suffering through a sweltering patch of record summer heat, you may feel much as Ralph Waldo Emerson did...

The month of July is drawing to a close, so prepare yourself for the inevitable chorus expressing surprise, chagrin, and dismay at the imminent...