northeast naturalist

Frogbit © Dave Spier Among its many incursions into southeastern Wayne County, New York, European Frogbit ( Hydrocharis morsus...

© Dave Spier   There are two requirements for finding kingfishers in winter: open water and an overhanging perch, usually a tree branch...

  Winter Visitors --  © Dave Spier Having Lake Ontario along part of New York's northern border bestows certain wildlife advant...

© Dave Spier   "Mudhen," "chicken of the marsh," and "water guinea" are just a few of the many nickname...

At first glance, the individual flowers resemble lilies, and that wouldn't be too far off. Lilies and Flowering Rush ( Butomus umbe...

M.A.R.S.H. --© Dave Spier MARSH stands for the Montezuma Alliance for the Restoration of Species and Habitats, a group of volunteers t...

Cormorants – © Dave Spier If you’re a fisherman, “cormorant” is likely a four-letter word.  I suppose there are a few people other t...

Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Cardinal-flower, Montezuma Audubon Center, Savannah, NY Cardinal-flower -- © Dave Spier This nativ...

Ring-necks -- © Dave Spier If you’re familiar with the male Ring-necked Pheasant (named for the white collar encircling its n...

Juvenile Ring-billed Gull at Lakeshore Park (on Seneca Lake) in Geneva, NY [November] © Dave Spier Gulls are commemorated by a statue i...

Common Loons © 2008 Dave Spier. Native Americans referred to this bird as the "Spirit of the Northern Waters." Common Lo...