Back in 2004, in what now seems like another life, I had a memorable experience on my way to work. Walking east along Wacker Drive, I noticed what looked like a leaf floating toward the sidewalk. It ...

I was sitting on my porch enjoying my morning coffee. It's a daily ritual of mine, as it is for many people, I'm sure. The main point of my ritual, of course, is to look and listen for what birds are ...

Sitting on a bench surrounded by 70-foot-tall Norway spruces, I watch a red-breasted nuthatch take a peanut from a feeder in my front yard. There’s a cool breeze on this sunny autumn day, and I know ...

This nasally call should be familiar to everyone who feeds birds or tromps through the woods. It's the sound made by a white-breasted nuthatch staying in touch with a partner, as these natty birds ...

Red-breasted nuthatches are one of my favorite birds. Admittedly, I have a lot of favorites, but these are at the top of my list perhaps because they, as birds with a more northerly range than the ...

The presence of this nuthatch is typically announced by its nasal calls. The red-breasted nuthatch has the un­usual habit of smearing resin around the entrance hole to its nest, presumably to deter ...

The white-breasted nuthatch is a familiar bird to many feeders in our region. This small songbird is snowy white below and wears a coat of slate-blue above. A bold black stripe caps its head and neck.

Jan. 4—One of life's little pleasures is to watch birds coming to the feeder in the winter. Frequent visitors to my feeder include cardinals, chickadees, tufted titmice, house finches, downy ...

The list of birds associated with November runs to a dozen or more species, including eagles, swans, woodpeckers, northern owls and northern hawks, snow buntings, redpolls, siskins, juncos and so on.

GRAND FORKS – The backyard of our house in “the hills” section of Grand Forks is hardly a bird haven, and I know the reason why. It’s windblown and almost completely lacking in cover. This is in sharp ...