by Kieran Lindsey | Mar 17, 2022 | Invertebrates, Wildlife
The aliens are back.
Just when I thought they were through with me they reappeared, sliding silently through walls that appear solid (but the quantum physicists know better). Suddenly they are everywhere. Staring at me from the rim of a glass when I open the cupboard. Calmly observing me as I sleep from my sweetheart’s framed photo on the bedside table. These aliens aren’t otherworldly galactic hitchhikers, though. They’re Earthlings. Members of the Pentatomoidea clan (aka shield bugs).
by Kieran Lindsey | Mar 3, 2022 | Amphibians, Wildlife
As you might imagine, I was caught completely off-guard when, strolling through the shire one evening, a dashing young prince in the guise of a Blanchard’s cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) bounced out of the shadows and onto the path before me, demanding a kiss.
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 20, 2022 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Strolling through Lafayette Park early one evening, I took note of the usual suspects distributed along the edge of the centerpiece man-made lake as they waited patiently for red-and-white bobbers to disappear below the surface. The...
