Bird sounds have appeared in classical compositions by Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Strauss, among others. This jewel of the forest, the Goldfinch, inspired Vivaldi to compose a soaring […]
The phrase “the merry month of May” has appeared in the title of a contemporary novel, a 17th-century poem, a film from the 1950s, the title of a regimental march, […]
This bird is a sign of spring, the iconic image being its red breast blazing in the sun and its yellow beak tugging on a fat, juicy earthworm in the […]
This beautiful bird – the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) – is celebrated in a Belgium fairy tale as the “Bluebird of Happiness” and located by Hollywood and Dorothy as being […]
Every winter since 1900, the National Audubon Society has sponsored a winter bird count called the Christmas Bird Count or CBC. Today, CBCs take place across the U.S., Canada, Latin […]
Although our spring and summer migrants have left for warmer climes and our woods contain fewer birds and fewer species of birds, our winter avian population remains large and diverse. […]
Like the potato, tomato, corn and tobacco, the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a North American gift to the world. According to Lovett Williams, in 1492 the population of this […]
The Flicker is a year-round resident of the Highlands Plateau with golden brown plumage festooned with black spots and crescents, red bars, and a bright white spot at the base […]
September offers great hawk watching opportunities. Broad-wing Hawks (Buteo platypterus) are smallish hawks, recognizable while soaring by their full wing span and tail bands. Hawks generally are highly intelligent, defining […]
A Poem for Our Time and Place The Oven Bird by Robert Frost There is a singer everyone has heard, Loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird, Who makes the solid […]
