On a crisp October morning, a Black-capped Chickadee lands on a backyard feeder, snatches a single sunflower seed, and disappears into the trees. To the casual observer, it looks like nothing more than a quick snack. That [...]
Flights Against the Sunset: Stories That Reunited a Mother and Son, By Kenn Kaufman This poignant memoir recounts the time the author spent at his mother’s bedside after she had suffered a stroke and before she passed away. [...]
I work at a zoo, so I’m able to appreciate exotic birds anytime. But I’ve increasingly become aware that our local birds deserve attention too. Have you ever stepped outside in the early morning and taken a moment [...]
In April 2020, I needed a senior project in order to graduate from the Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood. I decided to study birds, though I could barely name a single species. Every bird was a blur [...]
Find the words in the puzzle. Words can go in any direction. Words can share letters as they cross over each other. There’s an answer key at the end in case you get stuck. [...]
It was a dark and stormy night, well not so dark, but stormy on this late October day. Nearing home, I spied twenty or so Turkey Vultures hunched over the branches of what I call the haunted tree; [...]
“Our” Birds Aren’t Just Ours Did you know that many of the birds we enjoy here in Pennsylvania aren’t really “our” birds? Songbirds such as Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, and almost all of the warblers, along with many [...]
Conservation of Grassland Birds: Taking Nature Under Our Wing Claudia Winters, bird conservation program manager for Natural Lands, is on a mission to protect grassland birds such as the Bobolink. “Bobolinks are really charismatic birds,” she says with [...]
Although I do remember having a pet bird (I don't know what kind, but remember it was white) that used to perch on my Mom's glasses when I was a very little girl, my real spark for [...]
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times, By Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams “Probably the question I am asked more often than any other is: Do you honestly believe there is hope for our world? [...]