by Michelle Terrell | Jan 17, 2026 | Birds, Environment
This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Wild River Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is the longest-running formal citizen science project in the nation having first been held on Christmas Day 1900. Tom Anderson organized the first...
by Sue Leaf | Jan 17, 2026 | Birds
“Yank! Yank! Yank!” A nasal little voice beeps in tree branches overhead. It sounds reminiscent of a toy trumpet (https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/229281561), an endearing feature of a tiny bird with a big presence in the boreal woods. Red-breasted Nuthatches prefer...
by Sue Leaf | Sep 4, 2025 | Birds
The two small sandpipers sashayed towards me on our beach on Lake Superior’s south shore. It was August 3. Shorebirds were already migrating—and here some were, just as my summer vacation was beginning. Shorebirds are notoriously difficult to identify—They are...
by Sue Leaf | Sep 4, 2025 | Birds, Environment
By far, the most exciting bird activity in our yard for the past two weeks has been the small flock of fox sparrows that forages every day beneath our feeder near the back of the house. The feeder is adjacent to a fringe of brushy vegetation, something that attracts...
by Sue Leaf | Sep 4, 2025 | Birds, Environment
If I chose one species in our yard that is truly our neighbor, it would be the White-breasted Nuthatch. This species does not migrate and pairs remain territorial all year. It is likely that the white-breasted nuthatches I saw nesting in May, accompanying fluffy...
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