POSTCARD WORTHY: A Great Blue Heron wades in the water as the sun rises over Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. The Maryland preserve contains 28,000 acres of tidal marshes, mixed hardwood and loblolly pine forests, and other habitats. Photo by Jim Beers/Shutterstock
An excursion to see and hear the American Woodcock’s courtship display strikes gold, near a place that woodcocks helped save from development. Read More “A spring twilight spectacular: American Woodcock’s courtship display”
State and federal authorities are looking into poisoning incidents on the eastern shore of Maryland. Read More “Bald Eagles, Great Horned Owl poisoned in Maryland, reward offered”
It has been an up-and-down year for the endangered Whooping Crane. Here’s a summary of recent news. More chicks: At Wood Buffalo National Park in … Read More “Whooping Crane numbers up, but concerns increase after hurricane”
Today we’re joining our readers in the United States as they celebrate Independence Day! We’ve gathered seven of our favorite photos of our national emblem, … Read More “Seven festive photographs of Bald Eagle”
No, the warblers and grosbeaks haven’t arrived yet — at least not here in southeastern Wisconsin — but spring is in full swing, and we’ve … Read More “Five Peregrine Falcon nests worth watching this spring”
Researchers have long known that Common Loons return to the same nesting sites each spring. Now a team from the Biodiversity Research Institute, in Portland, … Read More “Common Loons return to the same wintering site year after year”
Our ability to describe exactly where a bird spends the winter, the routes it flies while migrating, and the timing of its movements has just … Read More “Tiny GPS tags are huge for the study of small birds”
Revered conservationist and author Aldo Leopold had a special appreciation for Prothonotary Warbler. The bird is the subject of Mac Stone’s cover story in our August 2015 … Read More “Flashes of gold and blue: Seven photos of Prothonotary Warbler”
To celebrate Independence Day, we searched through our galleries for photos of the national bird of the United States, the only eagle unique to North … Read More “Five majestic views of Bald Eagle”
