Along the road the birds’ nests may be well hidden, but near the house, not so. Phoebes are back on the front door lintel; tree swallows are in the bird boxes we put up; barn swallows are in the barn ...

Rock Wren is an apropos name for a bird that lives in sparsely vegetated, arid and rocky canyons. These birds breed on talus slopes, scrublands and dry washes, from desert to alpine in western North ...

The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada. Our parkas were zipped tight and heads down as we plodded ...

When I hike the nearby tiny portion of the North Country Trail, now declared a national park, by the way, the two things I am always sure to carry are my cellphone and binoculars. The phone because it ...

More than 60% of all grassland habitats in North America have been lost, according to the 2019 North American Grassland and Birds Report by the National Audubon Society. Much of it is due to ...