Early visitors this year: Hummingbirds are back
Bird migration epitomizes spring. But unless you spend a lot of time outdoors with binoculars, or you really know bird songs, the players often...
Coming to a porch near you: Giant silk moths
It's the season to enjoy large, winged creatures on the back porch. Silk moths are large, beautiful, and relatively uncommon.
Where did Eurasian Collared-Dove come from?
Back in 1974 a local pigeon fancier imported a flock of about 50 Eurasian collared-doves to the Bahamas.
Cicadas look alien, but they are harmless
By the end of the month, cicadas will be impossible to miss in parts of Ohio, West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania and western Virginia.
The drab sparrow is often ignored by birders
The soon to be published Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America by Rick Wright might change our perception of sparrows, at least a little.
Meet some common spiders
Blooming goldenrod is turning old fields into oceans of yellow. And orb-weaving spiders are hard to miss in these very same fields.
If you can, take a kid fishing this spring season
Few experiences are more rewarding than introducing a child to the outdoors. I remember teaching my daughters at the age of three to recognize...
How to identify warblers this season
To see warblers, concentrate on their habitat — old fields, forest edges, woods, and country roads. If there's a stream nearby, that's even better.
Adapt or die: Life of gray and fox squirrels
Species that can adjust to changes in habitat or food availability can thrive. Among the most adaptable species are gray and fox squirrels.
The fall of the bison population in early America
When Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, the approximately 1 million Native Americans who occupied North America probably never realized they were lost,...
