Can there be a sweeter or more convincing herald of spring than the song sparrow? Certainly the bugling cries of sandhill cranes
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With the approach of the Christmas season, thoughts turn to traditional holiday music. Among the most popular carols is “The Twelve Days
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Several recent appearances of an uncommon visitor to the Barrington area prompt me to add it to the growing assemblage of Barrington
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For many migrant birds that nest in the Barrington area, it’s easy to predict where and when they’ll appear for their annual
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Barrington hosts a fair number of large birds, ones that exceed four feet in length or six feet in wingspan. Think great
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A bird that I’ve come to associate with early spring is the blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) , a woodland sprite that returns
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When I first became a serious birder while living in northern Virginia, I heard friends talk about the Amercian woodcock (Scolopax minor)
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One of the pleasures of winter birding is the search for wintering waterfowl. Ducks that have bred in wetlands at more northerly
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The early birds have been singing again and that can only mean one thing. It’s about time for the return of Wendy
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L.L. Bean and The Barrington Area Conservation Trust (BACT) recently sponsored a weekend winter hike, offering area residents and families a close-up
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Recent spells of arctic weather have left many of our natural areas seemingly bereft of birdlife. Except for a crow here and
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Twice during the first week in October I received messages and photos from friends about little birds they had spotted in the
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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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