Think of federal public lands and America's National Parks likely come to mind. They're majestic ...
Roll and Stroll at Valentine Farm
Habitat and outdoors for all—that's the theme at Mahoosuc Land Trust's Valentine Farm in Bethel, ...
Androscoggin Land Trust in a Day
Three rivers, an undeveloped pond, numerous Black-capped Chickadees, one Bald Eagle, many trees, ...
The Mountain
Lucky me, I live just one mile from The Mountain. That's its entire name. The Mountain. The ...
Allen Island: Visiting Colby’s Island Campus
For decades, Allen and Benner islands off the Maine coast were the summer home of renowned American ...
It Was Rare, I Was There: The Yellow-eyed Penguin
Last September, above a small, rocky beach in southern New Zealand, I saw what may be the rarest, ...
Opportunistic Birding
If I'm a birder, I'm an opportunistic birder. I rarely travel specifically to look for birds (see ...
Migration: A Flight for Survival
Migration. Generally, when I think of bird migration, I envision a neat line connecting, say, South ...
Totally Transcendent: Saddleback Solar Eclipse
Mind blowing, amazing, surreal, transcendent, what the f-? Try to describe the two and a half ...
Bird of the Century: New Zealand’s Mullet-Headed Pūteketeke
I know that bird! Oh wait, it's John Oliver. The other day this appeared in my ...