Then, a blue jay appeared and the mystery was no longer a mystery. Unbeknownst to me, a sharp-shinned hawk had been sitting in the large Eastern cottonwood tree that grows next to my deck. The blue ...

This bird, a juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk, sat in peaceful repose, seemingly oblivious to the intense scoldings of the chickadees and nuthatches, who were agitatedly calling while hopping around within ...

Then, a blue jay appeared and the mystery was no longer a mystery. Unbeknownst to me, there was a sharp-shinned hawk that had been sitting in the large eastern cottonwood tree that grows right ...

33.2 x 22.8 cm. (13.1 x 9 in.) ...

Then, a blue jay appeared and the mystery was no longer a mystery. Unbeknownst to me, there was a sharp-shinned hawk that had been sitting in the large eastern cottonwood tree that grows right next to ...

The event is called Hawkwatch. With eyes to the skies, Sage Church spots a bird of interest, "Here's a high one going right over us, sharp-shinned hawk heading into the sun." Sage is joined by ...

November gives us shorter days with early sunsets and cooling temperatures. We start to see ice on ponds, swamps and eventually on lakes. Since the ground and forest floor are covered with downed ...

Green frogs, also called banjo frogs, have a sharp twang call that has been compared to the plunking sound of a loose banjo string. Green frogs live throughout the eastern United States and ...

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