If You Love Hummingbirds, Do This Soon!
Greetings Friends, It’s almost that time of year again when the windows will be open and you’ll hear the familiar buzzing sounds of the ruby-throated hummingbirds dashing around. If you
Weekly Puzzler Answer #53
Does this call remind you a bit of Woody the Woodpecker? I think this is the bird the call from that cartoon was modeled upon. The call is from a
Ten Things You Didn’t Know about Red-shouldered Hawks
Last week’s Puzzler was the piercing call of the Red-shouldered Hawk, one of our most common North American raptors. This is a hawk whose call you may have heard as
Weekly Puzzler Answer #49
So wow, what about this sound? If you’ve ever been outside and heard it, you know it can go on for quite a long time. You may even have decided
10 Facts About the N.A. Owl with the Most Varied Diet
A few weeks ago I featured the call of an Eastern Screech Owl as the Weekly Puzzler. Now I am featuring it again, this time as the Weekly Creature Feature. Here
The Bird with the Tiny Body but Large Brain
Years ago I read an amazing book called Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich. This is a book I still own and reference often as it
Weekly Puzzler Answer #47
If you have ever been lucky enough to see this bird, you know that it almost never sits still! Taking a clear picture of it was very challenging but luckily,