On a recent bird walk at Beverly Lake in Spring Creek Forest Preserve, our group stood for several minutes in the parking
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For most birds that spend the summer in our area, August is a relatively quiet month. Courtship, nest building, incubation, chick-raising are
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One of our local summer bird residents, despite its dazzling appearance, is so small it often goes unnoticed. Several times in June
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I probably would not have chosen the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyrus erythropthalmus) to profile in Birds of Barrington for some years (when I
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Spring has sprung and it’s time to explore nature and discover wildlife with naturalist Wendy Paulson during her series of spring bird
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Even with this relatively mild winter, local ponds and lakes have retained ice cover during January and February. But as March brings
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For the month of Valentine’s Day, it seems fitting to focus on a bird that incorporates the color red. The red-bellied woodpecker
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For many people in northern temperate zones, the primary place they watch birds in winter is at feeders outside their homes. The
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October brings to local ponds, lakes, and rivers large numbers of waterfowl, most of which have bred in northern wetlands and are
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Get out and enjoy the fall migration with Barrington area naturalist and author of our Birds of Barrington series, Wendy Paulson. There
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A bird you might miss in the Barrington area unless you know something of its habits and movements is the common nighthawk
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If there were a prize offered for the most elegant among songbirds, the cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) would be a serious contender.
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A month into summer, birdsong has diminished considerably. But a few species still vocalize regularly. One of the most conspicuous songsters is
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One of the more stunning species that nests in the Barrington area is the scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). Even a momentary glimpse
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A frequently overlooked bird that returns to the Barrington area each spring, sometimes as early as late March, is the eastern towhee
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