It’s March. This is when I find myself torn between clinging to winter and beginning to look for signs of spring, for the forest to begin to shake off its winter torpor. A time to look for breeding ...

Of all the creative ways to strike up a gobble, the owl hoot is a tried-and-true classic. But in all the times you’ve let “who cooks for you” rip, have you ever stopped to wonder why turkeys often ...

CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...

It’s now 2026, and the New Year arrived cold and windy. No doubt the cold and icy patches will be around for a long time. It was really cold last Sunday, when the annual Bethlehem/Easton Christmas ...

When you see "birds" and "mating season" in the same sentence, what do you think of? If you're like me, the words recall clear mornings in April and May, when the southern Appalachians ring with the ...

Snowy Owls once were birds of total mystery, appearing in the U.S. now and again, sometimes blessing us with many birds, very time eventually disappearing to the north, journeys uncharted and unknown.