In the most recent edition of my newspaper column, From Under My Hat, I recall the importance and effectiveness of Woodsy Owl as a voice for environmental education and awareness.
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Savanna Flashback
This morning as I raised the blinds covering our living room windows, I noticed that a spider had built a web that spanned the entirety of the central pane. “Wow, I’ll need to clear that off before this evening so none of the moths that frequent that window will get caught.” As soon as that […]
Photo Interlude: Marblehead Lighthouse
As I’m still rather road-weary from my recent attendance at the Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside, Ohio, my “recombobulation” process is going a bit slowly. Among other normal post-expeditionary activities, I’m sorting through the photos I recorded during my travels – among which I found a nice series taken of the Marblehead Lighthouse at Marblehead […]
Scenes from a Twitch
Reported at the Midwest Birding Symposium on September 18, 2009: one Kirtland’s Warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, seen that morning in East Harbor State Park near Lakeside, Ohio. Widespread reaction: twitch!