northeast naturalist

American Kestrels (revised with new links and photos) © Dave Spier They're easiest to see when they sit on power lines and watc...

It's been a good year for redpolls. Every few years there's an irruption of winter finches from Canada when their food resources a...

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

© 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...