northeast naturalist

© Dave Spier There's a wildflower that's trying to take over much of the country from Alaska to Georgia and all of the nort...

Photographing Violets -- © Dave Spier In the past, our front yard under the big shade trees was loaded with wild blue violets, but t...

Last Saturday, the first two purple crocuses (croci if you prefer) appeared in our front yard. No, they didn't actually open that day...

The grackles are back - no surprise here since many types of birds are returning from the South. These are the "half-hardies" ...

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...