Tag: birding
Winter’s fury is no match for Kinglets
As days get shorter, and nights grow longer, the cast of characters on my bird feeders changes. A mixed flock of pine siskins, purple...
Ohio is the new home of rare boreal songbirds
Everyone knows what an eruption is. When a volcano blows its top and spews ash and lava from the cone, that's an eruption on...
Birds quickly find new feeders; there is proof
“When can I expect birds show up at my new feeder?” That’s the most common question I get from readers who begin feeding birds...
Autumn’s splendor restores my soul
Somehow a notice went out a week ago to all the blue jays in Illinois that the acorns on (what I think is) a...
Attention birders: Fall migration is beginning
The fall bird migration actually begins in July. Along East Coast beaches, shorebirds that nested in the Arctic begin showing up along coastlines in...
Wildlife netting can do far more harm than good
Three years ago my wife found an opossum in one of our sheds with a plastic six-pack ring around its neck. I immobilized the...
Ohio State scientists work to bring back the bobwhite
COLUMBUS -- Researchers at Ohio State University are working to help the birds come back. Wildlife ecologist Bob Gates and graduate students Adam Janke, Mauri Liberati and Mark Wiley are studying the northern bobwhite -- a disappearing native quail -- with an eye on improving its habitat, especially in winter.
Yes, you could say Christmas is ‘for the birds’
Every December I get requests to reprint my version of 'Twas the Night before Christmas I first published in 1988. Merry Christmas everyone!
Successful birding through winter
A few weeks ago the temperature dropped below 30 degrees, and the first winter feeder birds, white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos, showed up.
Trophies of all types keep memories alive
Among hunters and anglers a trophy is the mount that hangs on the wall. It is the memory of a conquest.
Controversy
It can also be...
