northeast naturalist

(Introduction) -- © Dave Spier I've been doing a little birding with my grandson and several times we've encountered one or ...

White-eyed Vireo -- © Dave Spier The White-eyed Vireo ( Vireo griseus ) has been expanding its range northward, possibly due to global...

[scanned Kodachrome II slide] A Story in the Snow © Dave Spier Birder's journal March 21, 1971: I was following the re...

One of my favorite spring wildflowers, the Pink Lady's-slipper, makes an appearance during the annual Allegany Nature Pilgrimage. Its ...

The Pileated Woodpecker -- © Dave Spier It’s our largest woodpecker and almost as long as a crow. A white patch on top of ea...

Canon XTi with EF 100mm macro lens + macro-twin-flash; exp. 1/125 sec., f/16, at ISO 100 Virgin's Bower © Dave Spier In th...

© Dave Spier With a wingspan of roughly five inches (give or take an inch), the Giant Swallowtail ( Papilio cresphontes , syn. He...