northeast naturalist

© Dave Spier Mockingbirds now are noted consistently on Christmas Bird Counts in their adopted home of Upstate New York. If there's ...

© Dave Spier Many people recognize Jack-in-the-pulpit  ( Arisaema sp.) as a native spring woodland wildflower, but how many can tell...

First Wildflower © Dave Spier At least one wildflower doesn't care what the weather is doing. It can produce its own heat from c...

March Trails – the Wetlands © 2009 Dave Spier The change from winter to spring, as much as we'd like it to be a one-way continuum, i...

South Carolina's Center for Birds of Prey © 2009 Dave Spier On our February trip south, we stopped at the South Carolina Center for Bird...

The Red-Breasted Nuthatch © 2008 Dave Spier At less than five inches long, the Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) is a little small...

 There are two nuthatches likely to be found in New York and the Northeast throughout the year. The common White-breasted Nuthatch prefers ...