How do Woodpeckers Peck Without Damaging Their Brains?

Woodpeckers have special foam linings in their skulls that cushion their brains, right? WRONG. This onetime ornithological hypothesis has become…

Sweet Song of Summer

Walking round the garden, I hear him loud and clear. “Check…check…” he warns at first, before exploding in song: ”Conk-la-HDREEEEEEE!” It’s…

Chicka-Dee-Dee-Dee-Dee-DEE… That’s the song of the North American Black Capped Chickadee, right? WRONG! According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology,…

“It’s so embarrassing,” cries young Ajay the Blue Jay… “Here I am completing my first adult molt and looking dapper…

If you own a bird feeder, chances are you’ve seen this pert little customer flying off with a sunflower seed.…

I’m being watched, but by whom? Someone tiny up high. Chipmunk? Nope! Tail’s too bushy—but too scraggly for a Squirrel’s unless…yes!…

If I haven’t posted much lately, well, you can guess the reason. Splendid spouse thought this shot of a sun-baked…

If you want to make an incredible splash in a frustratingly plain patch or planter, Trailing Clematis can be your…

My earliest memory of an American Elm happened at age four, when I noticed something unusual under one of my…

It’s fascinating to watch Sammy the Snowy Egret swoop for his supper… He lights on the edge of a salt…