northeast naturalist

Bur-marigolds at the Montezuma Audubon Center, Savannah, NY, in September Check your local damp meadows and marsh edges for a golden ha...

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

As a group, wrens are small, noisy, brown birds that often hold their short tails upright.  Their bills are thin and curve down to a po...

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...

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) at Montezuma N.W.R., NY on May 13 - © Dave Spier (#D045935) What's in a name? Take the com...

This is an insect you want to know in order to avoid it.  When they're out collecting food, I can get fairly close without upsetting ...

pollen-producing male ragweed flowers on spike-like racemes photographed with Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro        The weather segment of...