Geneva, some of you might recall, has a bit of a history when it comes to owls. And no, I’m not talking about The Little…
Geneva’s Great Horned Owls
Mockingbirds
Maybe all this social distancing is starting to get to me. Or maybe I watched too much TV as a kid. But do you know…
Red-Bellied Woodpeckers
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess that your life has changed quite a bit over the past couple of weeks. I…
Pelicans
I can remember the date like it was yesterday. It was April 1, 2000-something. I’m gonna guess maybe 2001. It was late in the day,…
Sapsuckers
Spring starts a week from today and with it comes the promise of warmer temperatures, as well as visits from a host of migrating birds–including…
Starlings
Depending on how your holiday season is playing out, you may have, in the past few days, found a certain classic Saturday Night Live skit…
Woodpeckers
With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe, I offer you the following recap of my Thanksgiving weekend: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a…
Birds of Prey
Remember The Far Side, those classic bits of natural history humor by cartoonist Gary Larson? One in particular showed three hawks in a tree. All…
Dark-Eyed Juncos
Every year, in early spring, someone notices an American robin, and people rejoice. “Spring is here!” they exclaim, even though we might still have temperatures…
Marsh Wrens
When was the last time you got scolded? I can recall, as a kid, how pretty much every Great Idea my friends and I had…