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

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

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

Butterflies are often beautiful.  Flowers are often beautiful.  When both are together, as often happens, the level of beauty...

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

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

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

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