Backyard and Beyond

A young American kestrel perches on top of a post in Carl Richard’s photo.
This youngster recently fledged from a nest box in a large park near Richard’s home, and even though we don’t

Adam Carlson caught a fine photo of October’s comet, the Tsuchinshan-Atlas, named for the Chinese and South African observatories that first spotted it. This space rock from the outer reaches of our solar system passed

Luck, skill, and patience: These are the Big 3 in an outdoor photographer’s tool kit. Kip Earney called on all three as he hunkered down in the bulrushes along a Mississippi River backwater some months

Bob Sheetz photographed a hummingbird looking over its shoulder as it started a takeoff, hinting at the long journey ahead.
At this time of year, most of our ruby-throated hummingbirds are on their way

Imagine having a ring-side seat for watching a river otter family this summer. Don Dinndorf and family were lucky enough to observe three young otters hunting crayfish, snails, and fish under their boat launch and

An osprey swooped down and snagged a fish in a pond as Cliff Price watched. But this was no ordinary wild fish: Price says there are many goldfish in this pond, probably released by someone

Most white-tailed deer fawns are nearly three months old at this point in the summer and are weaned and eating grasses and soft vegetation.
They and their mothers have rejoined the herd, but the