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European Starling
European Starling by Lisa Densmore Location: Red Lodge, MT They sat like a line of loiters on a very long bench in a city park. Except they were in Montana, 30 feet up in the air on a telephone wire....
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The Galapagos Islands
Gene with a statue of Charles Darwin The Galapagos, an archipelago over a thousand miles from the west coast of Ecuador, is a strange, contradictory place. Extensive lava formations and exotic plants...
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Lewis Monkeyflower
Lewis Monkeyflower or Pink Monkeyflower by Lisa Densmore Location: Sylvan Lake, Montana I was looking through some photos from a hike I did two summers ago to Sylvan Lake, a remote mountain tarn in the...
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Mahogany Bombs
Mahogany Seed by Jungle Pete When the fruit fell from the tree it clanged on the hood of the car with the force of a well hit baseball. It rolled off the grill, falling to the pavement with the sound...
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Admiring Admirals
Red Admiral © Kent McFarland If you live in eastern North America, it would be surprising if you had not noticed an invasion of butterflies this spring. For us in the upper Midwest, it was most notable...
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Pain in the Grass
Sandbur by Jungle Pete Take great care when walking on A grassy dune or beach Avoid the spiny sandburs Is the lesson I would teach Oddly it is classified As a grass with flattened blade The well...
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Family Bonding – The Grooved-billed Ani
Grooved-billed Anis by Jungle Pete I’m in Ecuador and while I certainly expect to add a few birds to my life list while touring the jungle, I hadn’t expected to discover my first Groove-billed Ani...
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Backyard Jungle
Giant Resin Bee © Arthur V. Evans The New York Times recently ran an article entitled, “So Much Life on a Little Patch of Earth.” It outlined the wide array of flora and fauna in the author’s small,...
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The Illusive Spiny-thorned Hiccup
It should be no surprise that with most outdoor activities; including Birding, there is a large aspect of social activity involved. For the most part, we are social beings and there are social aspects...
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Wyoming’s Cutest Cutthroat
Wyoming’s Cutest Cutthroat by Jack Ballard Cutthroat Trout © Jack Ballard One of the few native trout species to the northern Rocky Mountains, Cutthroat Trout are named for two elongated patches of...
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