When I was a child, we called them locusts. They appeared sometime between when we...

My daughter and I were exploring our yard the other day, which presented the perfect...

First let me put forward my credentials for writing about butterflies. This is the second...

Butterflies are often beautiful.  Flowers are often beautiful.  When both are together, as often happens,...

Digiscoping is really hard. Isn’t that what everyone keeps saying? That it is almost impossible...

Unrest and revolution in Egypt has caught the international headlines this week. Mubarak’s ousting has...

The noisiest bird to visit our garden any time of year is the Grey-crowned Babbler...

After each of my recent visits to the Fort Tilden hawkwatch platform I have paid...