Weekly Puzzler Answer #58
When I talk about this animal with many people it is often identified as a Water Spider, but that is incorrect as it is not a spider. Instead, this critter that
Weekly Puzzler Answer #57
The engineer of these tiny holes that often circle the tree is a bird called a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Yes, I know this sounds like a made-up name but it really
Weekly Puzzler Answer #56
This HUGE sound is made from a very TINY frog, a spring peeper, one of our earliest to start calling in the spring. Their latin name is pseudacris crucifer. The
Weekly Puzzler Answer #55
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have the fewest number of feathers of any bird– 940! All of them are replaced each year. I have always wanted to find one, but never have. Have
Weekly Puzzler Answer #54
Most people who heard the singing and looked to find its cause, identified this amphibian as a frog. The sound however is made from an American Toad–Bufo americanus– a creature few
Weekly Puzzler Answer #51
I was once doing a children’s program in the forest, looking at critters underneath a fallen tree that we had rolled over. The first animal many of the class noticed
Weekly Puzzler Answer #50
Hey, I just want a give a shout out to all of my new friends who joined me last night at The Compleat Naturalist for my Animal Sounds program. I