northeast naturalist

© Dave Spier Okay, it's a lousy photo. Normally I would delete it and go on, but it brings up an interesting point about birding....

© Dave Spier Natural food shortages (of the bird kind) are encouraging Canadian finches to head south for the winter. One of the most ...

Witch-hazel © Dave Spier Sounds like a Halloween shrub, but this "witch" comes from Middle English wiche (from Old En...

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...