Summer, by which I mean practical summer as opposed to natural summer,  is just about half-over. I hate to remind you, my teaching friends,...

Have I mentioned recently that summer is my favorite season? For me, nothing beats a hot, sunny summer, though you wouldn’t know it based...

Hot enough for you? If you live just about anywhere in North America south of Arctic Bay, you’re probably roasting like a brat on...

Yow! If your weekend was as hot as mine, you’re undoubtedly dragging your weary carcass into this new week. I don’t know what your...

Times are too busy around here for my usual soliloquy (lucky you!) so I’ll cut to the chase: Where are you birding this weekend...

Perfect weeks like the hot (but not too hot) one we’ve just enjoyed here in western New York remind me how good summer is...

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

Holiday weekends rank among my very favorite things, but they can be somewhat problematic. At what point, for example, is it proper to ask...