Tiger and Chives: Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

  Summer’s here! Officially, it arrived around 2 a.m., and today is that glorious peak on the sine curve of change of hours of daylight. We’re standing on the Everest of sunshine in t...

The Future of Conservation: It’s All About the Children

As a freelance writer, I’ve sold more than two dozen articles to Ranger Rick, a children’s nature magazine published by the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. The subject of ...

Birding Basics

Birding isn’t difficult. Anyone can do it. Like playing the piano, you start and practice and improve with time and effort. All you really need are a pair of binoculars and a field guide. The bi...

Australia’s Mound Builders

In the avian world, the term ‘big foot’ bears no relation whatsoever to the mythical sasquatch of the Pacific northwest, but rather refers to the Megapodiidae (mega = big; pod = foot), an ...