Eastern phoebe bird sitting on a branch - Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Looking for a natural way to keep your garden free of pesky insects? There are many eco-friendly ways to keep bugs out of your ...
World Migratory Bird Day 2024 (11 May) shines a spotlight on the relationship between migratory birds and insects amidst alarming declines for both. World Migratory Bird Day is a global campaign that ...
Bugs? I’ve never been a fan. Just ask my husband about when a misguided fly gets in my kitchen – not good news for the fly! With other creatures, I take a more peaceful tact – I scoop them up and pop ...
Squadrons of small sooty-brown, sickle-winged birds called chimney swifts zip through the air in rapid twists and turns while gobbling up flying insects. Their 5-inch-long bodies taper at both ends, ...
As we go through these winter days, I look forward to warmer, spring temperatures, abundant sunshine, and a new growing season. Along with nicer days, insect populations increase during spring and ...
Less than two hours after sunrise, with the shadows still blue and slanting hard in a dense growth of balsam firs and spruces, the baby bird blundered into a fine black net strung along the ridgeline ...
A peacock that spent more than six months roaming a village and hopping from house to house and fence to fence — most recently squawking loudly in search of a mate — has been caught at last. Residents ...
If you have a hummingbird feeder in your yard, you’re probably enjoying watching the hummers sipping nectar to fuel up for their long migration south in the coming weeks. But did you know that nectar ...
Loveland resident David Frech took this photo in his backyard in southwest Loveland on a perch surrounding tomato plants. He wrote: “Say’s Phoebe is a western flycatcher, about the size of a robin, ...