northeast naturalist

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk eating what might have been a Red-winged Blackbird(?)...  (It's hard to tell at this point, especially wit...

© Dave Spier The Merlin ( Falco columbarius ) was once known as the Pigeon Hawk, a strong indication of its diet, even though it's...

They migrate across southern Canada and winter in the colder portions of the lower 48 from Washington to Maine and south as far as Oklaho...

© 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...