Weekly Puzzler Answer #33
The answer to last week’s puzzler is the WOOD DUCK. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to see this duck up close you know that this is one of the
Weekly Puzzler Answer #32
If you guessed Turkey feather as the answer to last week’s Puzzler, you are correct! This is a feather from the wing of a Wild Turkey. Adult wild turkeys have
What NA Bird Makes the Biggest Nest?
For the second weekend in a row, I spent Saturday sitting in a kayak while floating down the French Broad River. At the peak of the fall season, the
Weekly Puzzler Answer #30
This summer I spent a week on a bike riding 411 miles across the state of Iowa. Called Ragbrai this annual ride attracts more than 12,000 cyclists from all over
What Bird has a Barbed Tongue and Loves Ants?
To be fair, if you know anything at all about woodpeckers, you may know that numerous species could be the answer to the above question. But for this week’s Creature
What Animal on Earth has the Fastest Metabolism? 10 Things You Might Not Know about Hummingbirds
In my opinion, hummingbirds are one of the most amazing birds on earth. One of my favorite things about summer is getting to watch them at my feeders, buzzing around
What I Learned about Barred Owls
I spent a good part of today watching a barred owl hunting from just a few feet off of a boardwalk at an Audubon Society property called Francis Beidler Forest