Thursday, April 24, 2025

If you are a recreation boater, May marks the beginning of the most dangerous time of year. The sultry days of summer make cool...
orange breasted bird on pine branch in snow

Birds battle the cold weather by eating during the day, burning the calories later on.
deer photo

Over the last 30 years, deer and raccoons have cost me a small fortune. Though I never intentionally feed these backyard visitors, they're difficult to discourage.

Every December I get requests to reprint my take-off of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, first published in 1988. Read it aloud to the...
Chickadee

You can make winter more bearable for bluebirds, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and Carolina wrens by building or purchasing a roost box.

Visit a farm pond ringed with dense vegetation this month, and you're sure to hear two distinctive sounds. A booming "Jug-o'-rummm!" signals the presence...
Carolina wren

Though Carolina wrens eschew traditional nest boxes, they are easily coaxed into a simple box that takes advantage of this wren's loose definition of a cavity.

When Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, the approximately 1 million Native Americans who occupied North America probably never realized they were lost,...
evening grosbeak

It's been forecasted that evening grosbeaks would head south in impressive numbers this winter. If you're not familiar with them, you're in for a treat.
Black bear

When it comes to dealing with a bear, discretion seems the better part of stubbornness.