In this category, we explore the art of wildlife observation and the joys of enjoying wildlife in your garden. From attracting birds and butterflies to your outdoor space to setting up a bird feeder or bird bath, we provide practical tips and expert advice on how to create a wildlife-friendly garden.
How Do Birds Stay Warm in Winter
How Do Birds Stay Warm in Winter? Their feathers have amazing insulating properties. Many birds travel during winter for food more so than the warmer temperatures.
Searching for Ducks
Searching for Ducks
Black Swallowtail Butterflies and Caterpillars
Black Swallowtail Butterflies and Caterpillars
Bald-Faced Hornets in the Wildlife Garden
Bald-Faced Hornets in the Wildlife Garden
Coopers Hawk Takes a Lunch Break in My Wildlife Garden
Coopers Hawk Takes a Lunch Break in My Wildlife Garden
Amazing Critters in the Wildlife Garden
Amazing Critters in the Wildlife Garden
Birding Festivals Through the Year
Attending birding festivals near you is a great way to learn about birds in their natural habitat.
Winter Ducks and Early Spring Migrant Birds
Winter Ducks and Early Spring Migrant Birds
Whoever Said You Can’t See Birds in Winter is Wrong
Winter is a great time to see birds in your own wildlife garden as long as you have a lot of native plants with plenty of seeds, nuts and berries to attract wildlife.
Birding in Maine
More birding adventures in Maine.
Nest Watch in Your Ecosystem Garden
Nest Watch in Your Ecosystem Garden
Helping Wildlife with Specialized Habitat Needs in Your Ecosystem Garden
Helping Wildlife with Specialized Habitat Needs in Your Ecosystem Garden
Early Spring Nesting Birds
Early Spring Nesting Birds
Are Wildlife Gardeners Real Birders?
Are Wildlife Gardeners Real Birders?
Maine Pelagic Birding
Birding adventures while out whale watching in Maine.
Harry Potter is Missing His Owl
Seeing a snowy owl is one of the most fun Winter birding activities.
Birding Outside the Garden Gate Atlantic Puffin
Birding Outside the Garden Gate Atlantic Puffin
Birding Tikal
Take a look at my birding trip in Tikal. Amazing ruins and monkey sightings.
Get your Bird Houses Ready, Spring is Coming
Get your Bird Houses Ready, Spring is Coming
Very Late First Monarch of the Season
Very Late First Monarch of the Season
Chickadees in the Wildlife Garden
Chickadees in the Wildlife Garden
Bald Eagles Spend Winter at Conowingo Dam
Annual visit to Conowingo Dam to see hundreds of eagles.
Do Robins Really Return in the Spring
Do Robins Really Return in the Spring
Why So Many Snowy Owls This Year?
The dramatic increase in Snowy Owls in places not normally recorded is related to lack of food in their normal range.
The Monarch Monitoring Project
Monarch butterflies make an incredible journey from as far as Canada to Mexico. Your wildlife garden plays an important role in helping the butterflies make their migration.
Farmers Saving Bird Habitat
Meet some of the biologist I met in Guatamala helping to preserve bird habitats.
Why Are There So Many Tiger Swallowtails this Year?
Why Are There So Many Tiger Swallowtails this Year?
Birding Wissahickon Park
A day out birding Wissahickon Park.
Why Did That Stupid Bird Build Its Nest in a Parking Lot?
Why Did That Stupid Bird Build Its Nest in a Parking Lot?
Tree Swallows Return
Tree Swallows Return
Winter Birding Activities
See my list of fun birding activities. Some can even be done from the comfort of home.
Where the Birds Are
Where the Birds Are
Looking Past the Garden Gate, the Ocean Needs Our Help
I was fortunate to spend the holiday yesterday at the state park at Barnegat Lighthouse in New Jersey. I have a deep fascination with winter ducks who spend their lives in the cold, rough waters of the ocean. And I consider you extremely lucky if your garden vista...
Birding Biddeford Pool
Beautiful sights and sounds while birding Biddeford Pool.
The Beautiful Herons
See my images of beautiful Herons.
Project Feeder Watch begins: be a citizen scientist
Project Feeder Watch begins: be a citizen scientist
Dance of Joy
Watching a wonderful group of birds playing in someone's garden.
A Gift of Turkeys
Seeing a flock of wild turkeys through the window was a rare treat on a Winter's day.
Goldfinch Eating Heliantus Seeds
Goldfinch Eating Heliantus Seeds
Birds and Wildlife Gardens of Guatemala
About my invitation to a birding FAM trip to Guatemala.
Butterfly House at Albuquerque Botanic Garden
Butterfly House at Albuquerque Botanic Garden