* Above photo courtesy of Ronald Ziegler via Macaulay Library It’s getting late for the passage of falcons through our latitude. Peregrines,
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Often when I’m weeding or harvesting in the garden, I hear mewing notes coming from nearby thickets. There is no mistake about
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Images by Citizens for Conservation volunteer & wildlife photographer, Steve Barten. I heard a Red-winged Blackbird for the first time this year
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Update: Wendy’s 2020 Late Summer/Fall bird walks are full. Stay tuned as we’ll let you know if and when Wendy schedules another series
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Often on restoration workdays with Citizens for Conservation, participants share sightings of mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, plants they have seen recently. We
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I wrote last month’s column on the eve of the annual Barrington Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Thirty-one intrepid counters participated in the
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For many if not most local birders, watching birds is a pastime largely of spring, summer, and fall. But for the most
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On classic early and mid-October days, when the sky reigns brilliant blue over a golden landscape, I love to go looking for
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Barrington area naturalist, Wendy Paulson just released her new schedule of Fall Bird Walks and the first one is coming up! Learn
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It’s interesting how many birds carry the epithet “common” – for example, common nighthawk, common merganser, common goldeneye, common grackle. It is
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Warm, sunny days are in the forecast for Citizens for Conservation’s annual Public Plant Sale coming up from 9 a.m. to 3
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It’s that time of year again! Area naturalist, Wendy Paulson is getting ready to host a new season of Spring Bird Walks
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An unexpected experience with fourth graders from Sunny Hill School in late September prompts this month’s bird profile. We were just entering
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On these waning summer evenings, one sweet birdsong often pierces the quiet that’s settling in. It belongs to the eastern wood pewee
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Get to know The Birds of Barrington with area naturalist, Wendy Paulson. Learn about our local bird population while enjoying the fall
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