Spring Cleaning The recent mild days seem to foster not only migration but other summer preparations as well, for wildlife as well as people. Ospreys have returned to their nest platform and are finding and carefully decorating their nest … Continue reading
Category Archives: Wildlife
There have been some large waves of birds migrating north lately, especially last Wednesday night. Thursday morning brought new songs to the yard – more and more robins, phoebes, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, golden-crowned kinglets, flocks of flickers, all joining the swans … Continue reading
Despite the anxious times in which we live, full of disagreement and conflict, I have good news. Many of the world’s problems will be solved in the next couple of weeks. A series of deep, heartfelt discussions on every imaginable … Continue reading
Twenty years ago, about 1,600 people participated in the first Breeding Bird Atlas done in Wisconsin. Wisconsin has long been a leader in the fields of ornithology and citizen science, and at that time, few states had complete breeding bird … Continue reading
Here we are, late in February and still in the dead of winter it seems. By now we’ve become pretty good at adapting our behavior to deal with the cold- long underwear, warm boots, heated seats in our cars- humans … Continue reading