Wildlife wanders
Episode #076: Kaufmans
Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman took a break from their New England book-signing tour on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, to do a live, in-studio show with BirdCallsRadio.
Read MorePhoto opps are everywhere in nature
“Other” wildlife is out there these days, too.
Read MoreOsprey on the hunt
Osprey hunting along Norwalk River.
Read MoreBirdwatching cruise around the Norwalk Islands
Birdwatching tour of the Norwalk Islands off the coast of Norwalk, Conn., as part of the Norwalk Seaport Association’s annual cruises.
Read MoreThis week's For the Birds column on Mandarin Ducks
Here is my For the Birds column that ran Thursday in The Hour (Norwalk, CT) and will run this Monday in the Keene (NH) Sentinel. It is about an interesting sighting I had in Stamford, CT, early this week. As always, feel free to share your sightings by clicking “contact me” above. Don’t forget tomorrow’s…
Read MoreThe joys of nature photography
The other day I took a short walk to a nearby wildlife sanctuary. With this being the middle of summer I didn’t expect to see a great variety of wildlife or any rarities. I just wanted to see what was out there and photograph anything that caught my eye. I do that every once in…
Read MoreLatest For the Birds column: Sapsuckers' future
Here’s my latest For the Birds column, which runs Thursdays in The Hour newspaper in Norwalk, Ct., and Mondays in the Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire. … The things parents will do for their kids. Ever wonder how a woodpecker’s nest keeps clean of waste as the youngsters are growing? I’ll get to that in…
Read MoreFeeding time
Here’s a shot I took a few days ago in Darien, CT. The parent Eastern Bluebirds were very busy keeping the babies fed. Want to hear more about bluebirds. Check out BCR Archives above featuring an interview with Julie Zickefoose, author of “The Bluebird Effect.” Of course, all previous shows are available here. Don’t forget to…
Read MoreWhat's your favorite nature story involving your father? Drop me a line
Do you have a favorite nature story involving your father? Was your father instrumentral in getting you interesting in nature? Any funny stories about your father in the natural world? Drop me a line and tell me the story. I’ll read some of the stories on air this Sunday (Father’s Day) during a special live…
Read MoreA fun BirdCallsRadio show coming up; be a part of it
I’m looking forward to Sunday’s BirdCallsRadio show with naturalist/journalist Greg Hanisek. Like me, Greg works for a daily newspaper and knows the grind of getting out a paper every day and trying to mix in a little birdwatching time, too. It’s a tough, but rewarding, chore. Greg also writes a regular nature column for his…
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