The Cricket’s Music Draws a Mate

The Cricket’s Music Draws a Mate

Male fall box cricket (picture from Wikimedia Commons) 22 August 2024 At this time fall box crickets (Gryllus pennsylvanicus) are in the middle of their breeding season. Like songbirds the men sing to draw a … Read more

Additionally-rans – 10,000 Birds

Additionally-rans – 10,000 Birds

Two weeks in the past, I wrote right here about what might finally end up being my Chicken of the Yr for 2024: a Lesser Floor-Cuckoo which gave us improbable perspectives in my cherished the … Read more

Schenley Park Time out, August 25, 8:30am

Schenley Park Time out, August 25, 8:30am

Ironweed in bloom, 18 August 2024 (photograph via Kate St. John) 19 August 2024 Overdue summer season vegetation are blooming, insects are humming, and the primary migrating birds are at the transfer. Sign up for … Read more

Some Woodpeckers of Hongbenghe, Yunnan, China

Some Woodpeckers of Hongbenghe, Yunnan, China

Hongbenghe, a small village proper on the border of China’s Yunnan province and Myanmar, has numerous woodpeckers. And maximum birders (despite the fact that now not all – see right here for an exception) slightly … Read more