by Audrey Clark My stepbrother lounged in front of the television watching a reality TV show about mining in Alaska. I sat on the couch, facing away from the television, drinking tea and reading a book on visionary scientists. After a while, I started to wonder what my stepbrother wondered about. “Caleb?” “Yeah.” “What questions [...]
Posts Tagged ‘birds’
Random Nature Questions from a Non-naturalist
Posted in Botany, Discoveries, Wildlife, tagged ants, bees, behavior, birds, honey, physiology, Plants, trees, woodpecker on February 12, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Natural Destinations: Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area
Posted in Migrations, Natural Destinations, tagged birds, Cathy, Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, snow geese on November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
by Cathy Bell (originally posted on vtdigger.org) Every autumn, thousands of snow geese take a break from their 5,000 mile southbound migration to rest and feed at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison, Vermont. Journeying from their breeding grounds on the Arctic tundra to their winter range in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern states, the [...]
Why do birds fly south for winter?
Posted in Migrations, Seasons, tagged birds, Doug, migration, neotropical migrants, south for the winter on September 28, 2011 | Comments Off
by Doug Morin I opened my backdoor and stepped into the yard to a flash of red and buzz of wings – a hummingbird. Maybe the last of his kind I will see this year, he perched on a small branch, tilted his head to either side, then flew off down the road. Here in [...]