Is there any sound more attention-catching than the bugle of the sandhill crane? Loud, deliberate, trilling, it is apt to emanate from
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Citizens for Conservation is inviting families to start a new “tree tradition” by attending a brand new event called Festival of the
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Most of the neo-tropical migrants, long-distance fliers that spend the non-breeding season in Central or South America, have left the Barrington area
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As an English major, I had favorite poems. At the top of the list was John Keats’ “To Autumn.” I love the
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Many friends have told me this spring of seeing a neon orange bird flying from tree to tree in their yards: a
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Editors Note: Wendy Paulson’s next Barrington bird hike is coming up on Friday, May 23rd. See below for the full schedule of
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Barrington Area Conservation Trust will kick off Earth Week with an afternoon that honors historic oaks and cultivates native vegetation for future
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Editors Note: Wendy Paulson’s first Barrington bird hike of this spring is coming up at Ron Beese Park at 8 a.m. this
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If there is any songbird that consistently arrests attention, especially in a winter landscape, it would be the northern cardinal. The brilliant
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A true harbinger of spring arrived in my email inbox today when Citizens for Conservation sent this year’s schedule of Barrington Spring
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Cross-country skiing on the first day of February in a local forest preserve, I brightened at the call of a black-capped chickadee:
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December’s Christmas trees serve an important purpose for birds in Barrington once the new year rolls around. Every year in January, volunteers
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A fair number of Barringtonians head south for winter months, joining other northern “snowbirds” in places with warmer winter climates. But Barrington
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Lots of people ask me what my favorite bird is. I don’t hesitate to answer. It has been and, I suspect, always
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A woodpecker on the ground?? If you see what you think might be a woodpecker on terra firma, it is likely to
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