by Kieran Lindsey | Feb 17, 2022 | Birds, Wildlife
Big things come in small packages, we’re told… and if you’d like some evidence to support that theory, boy-howdy, have I got a potent little parcel for you — the Golden-Crowned Kinglet!
by Kieran Lindsey | Feb 3, 2022 | Birds, Wildlife
Wondering where all the snowbirds have gone? Look no further than your own backyard!
by Kieran Lindsey | Jan 6, 2022 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Great-Uncle Al was a creative man. A resourceful non-conformist. That’s a euphemistic way of saying he was a hustler. Al never let logic or credentials stand between him and the chance to earn some cash. His resumé, so to speak, read like a...
by Kieran Lindsey | Dec 9, 2021 | Mammals, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD There’s a wonderful word—one of my favorites — to describe creatures that are active at dawn and dusk. Crepuscular. There are plenty of them so the great outdoors gets lively when the light is low, making dusk and dawn excellent times to see...
by Kieran Lindsey | Nov 11, 2021 | Invertebrates, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Daddy longlegs are the jazz cats of the arachnid world! This realization came to me as I watched a single backlit note bebop across the asphalt path in front of me. A soundtrack of jazz piano greats immediately began to play in my head — Willie...