Nature Notes – Feeding birds and other wildlife

By The Sun Patriot on November 21, 2012 at 12:49 pm

November is a good time to begin feeding wild birds. Now is when birds are establishing their feeding patterns for …

Why some birds fly in V-shaped wedges

By The Sun Patriot on November 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm

Besides the many flocks of Canada geese and tundra swans we observe traveling in V or wedge-shaped formations, other species …

By Paul Downer on November 8, 2012 at 11:18 am

Besides the many flocks of Canada geese and tundra swans we observe traveling in V or wedge-shaped formations, other species …

By The Sun Patriot on November 1, 2012 at 9:02 am

Back in September, white-tailed deer bucks started to rub their antlers against young saplings, removing the velvet from the antlers …

By Paul Downer on October 25, 2012 at 11:20 am

Back in September, white-tailed deer bucks started to rub their antlers against young saplings, removing the velvet from the antlers …

By The Sun Patriot on September 27, 2012 at 1:12 pm

Nature Notes, by Jim Gilbert Every few years scientists at the University of Minnesota release a new fruit variety for …

By The Sun Patriot on September 5, 2012 at 10:03 am

Temperature has a great deal to do with the way a cricket behaves, just as it does with other insects. …

By Paul Downer on August 29, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Temperature has a great deal to do with the way a cricket behaves, just as it does with other insects. …

By The Sun Patriot on August 22, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Nature Notes By Jim Gilbert Anytime after mid-August and into early September, naturalists and birders are aware that it’s nighthawk …