Christmas Bird Counts and Other Forms of Extreme Birding

From mid-December through early-January, tens of thousands of citizen scientists across
the Americas…

Swamp Sparrows

While out doing some bird banding, a common bird we caught in our mist-nets was the swamp sparrow….

The song sparrow was tangled in a mist net stretched between a stand of big bluestem and a blackberry…

While out doing some road cruising for snakes with a biologist friend the other week. The Eastern…

With the arrival of fall, one of the most abundant wildflowers around is the beautiful yellow goldenrod…

As the Chicago Cubs began their historic run in the major league baseball playoffs, I realized I had built my…

While gathering apples from off my grandmother’s tree, or picking up persimmons early in the season…

A few weeks ago, I had the great fortune of photographing a butterfly at very close distance…

Now that the autumnal equinox has passed, our nights will become increasingly longer until the…

Montgomery County is well on its way to becoming a destination for canoeists and kayakers…