
Backyard and Beyond: Cavity nest season
Terry Kogowski was startled to find a hitchhiking cecropia moth attached to his tailgate when he arrived at his destination. “It stayed for a couple of hours, then disappeared,” he says.
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Terry Kogowski was startled to find a hitchhiking cecropia moth attached to his tailgate when he arrived at his destination. “It stayed for a couple of hours, then disappeared,” he says.

Is there anything more “aww”-inspiring than springtime’s red fox youngsters? Darlene Herbster knew where to look for kits this spring, because she’s seen the adult female in the same area for the past four years

Muskrats are semi-aquatic rodents that spend much of their lives in water, gathering and eating aquatic vegetation. The one spied by Bret Cool is bringing its prize, a “bouquet of leaves,” back to its den,

The last thing a mother gray squirrel wants to see is a red-tailed hawk landing near her nest, intent on feasting on her babies. Nick D’Addio caught the action as a big hawk menaced a

Wood ducks arrived back in our region starting in early March, intent on raising the next generation. These handsome ducks are cavity nesters, so a pair will explore trees for a good nest site, as

Great blue herons engage in some “hard-water” fishing, too, as evidenced by the big bird observed by Vern Lemasters. He reports that the heron eventually was able to chip a frozen fish out of the

Ice fisher folk are being warned about unsafe ice all over our region during this weird winter, but maybe someone should have told a pair of bald eagles in Ohio.

Carla Randecker titled her amazing photo of a wintry sky, “The wondrous things you can see if you pay attention.”
While such a combination of sun halo and “sun dogs” isn’t rare, all the

Jane Birr has spent a number of years sitting near her bird feeders with seeds in her hands to attract one of the most intrepid little sprites in the bird world, the black-capped chickadee. Her
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