by Alex Forsythe I love this time of year! During the holidays, the house is filled with friends, relatives and wonderful delights! The entire home, inside and out, is dripping with festive decorations. The kitchen is constantly filled with the mouth-watering aroma of scrumptious food. The pantry is bursting...
by Alex Forsythe It’s that time of year when we think of pumpkin pie and roast turkey with all the trimmings. However, I thought it would be too predictable to feature a turkey for November’s Bird of the Month article. Instead, I’m going to share another game bird with...
by Alex Forsythe October brings spectacular foliage, perfect temperatures and delicious apples fresh off the trees. It also brings Halloween, with hilarious costumes, tasty treats, and tales of spooky creatures lurking beneath your bed. The American Crow has been associated with Halloween for some time, and thanks to movies...
by Alex Forsythe The Ruddy Turnstone has a beautiful pattern that blends perfectly with the pebbles and shells on the beach and is distinctive in flight. But how did it get its name? The common name came from its foraging behavior. The Turnstone turns over stones, shells and other...
by Alex Forsythe Last Mother’s Day, my mom had one request: find her a Scarlet Tanager close enough that she could see it. That’s a tall order! They are typically found high in the treetops in forest interiors, and we live in an area in which field corn is...
by Alex Forsythe Many of you know that the White-throated Sparrow comes in two forms: white-crowned and tan-crowned. What you might not know is why. First, the two colors rarely mate with each other. They follow the adage “opposites attract” rather than “birds of a feather”. Males prefer females...
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