Reading Time: 3 minutes Though we think they’re helpful, all worms upset the balance, making soil quality poorer
Author: Geoff Carpentier
My neighbour the osprey in all its grandeur
Reading Time: 4 minutes These magnificent birds often nest in odd places, such as the light standards and hydroelectric towers
Does the internet make us better naturalists?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Too much information makes it harder to find answers
Give a hoot and support the Great Canadian Birdathon
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Great Canadian Birdathon is designed to raise much-needed funds to protect Canadian birds
Birdwatching in Honduras – plumage aplenty
Reading Time: 4 minutes Daily delights greeted us – toucans, parrots, butterflies, flowering trees, towering mountains
Strange weather, stranger words to describe it
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the odds and sods category, hunch weather is windy and drizzly, so much so that one has to hunch over just to walk
Strange weather and the words we use to describe it
Reading Time: 3 minutes Thousands of words describe weather. Some arise from folklore, some carry historical inferences and others are the result of superstition
Do reptiles and amphibians actually hibernate during winter?
Reading Time: 4 minutes They use aquatic and subterranean habitats but they don’t actually hibernate – instead, they go through brumation
Bird bullies are just protecting their resources
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes we see smaller birds apparently bullying larger birds of prey. How is this possible?
Get those bird feeders up and enjoy the show
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our tips so the birds – and bird-watchers – get the most out of your feeders