northeast naturalist

© Dave Spier   There are two requirements for finding kingfishers in winter: open water and an overhanging perch, usually a tree branch...

  Winter Visitors --  © Dave Spier Having Lake Ontario along part of New York's northern border bestows certain wildlife advant...

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 ...