The European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris (U.K.: Starling) The perspective in the United States: an invasive species originally released in Central Park, New York City in the early 1890s. Since the initial release the species has spread across the entire mainland United States, Canada, and Mexico. It is posited by many to pose a severe threat […]
Lawrence “Larry” King, 15, an aspiring lepidopterist, was shot to death last week at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, California. According to reports, the reason he was killed was that he was homosexual. I did not know Mr. King but as he was a fellow amateur naturalist, I feel his loss as a member […]
One of the sublime joys in life is when two things you really enjoy come together in one place and time. Such is Speaking of Faith this week. In “Whale Songs and Elephant Loves,” Krista Tippett interviews Katy Payne, Research Associate in the Bioacoustics Research Program of Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology and founder of […]
Even though it was a nice, sunny day at the suet feeder, there was an uneasiness in the air. The juncos could sense it. Something was just not right. It was as if a malevolent presence was lying just out of sight – waiting. But try as they might, they just couldn’t find the source […]