northeast naturalist

I'd say this is an adult tan-morph White-throat based on The Sibley Guide to Birds , page 494. White-throated Sparrows begin retu...

Adult Great Black-backed Gull (December) -- © Dave Spier The Largest Gull © Dave Spier The world’s largest gull, the Great Black-...

Railroad bridge 234’ above the river at Upper Falls -- © Donna Mason-Spier Train on railroad bridge 234’ above the river at Upper Fal...

Trees on the canyon rim at Letchworth State Park, NY_© Donna Mason-Spier This year’s Thanksgiving weather was pretty decent by western...

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

Tall (Common) Reeds, Phragmites australis , at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge           They're most noticeable beside the ro...

Ripe pods splitting open to release silky floss can mean only one thing -- the milkweed seeds are ripe and ready for dispersal on autumn a...