Volume 23 Issue 3, Fall 2018 by Sharon Plummer We see them at parks and in our wooded backyards. Just like with the Redskins, people are either fans or enemies or never give them any thought. They bound gracefully across roadways, though unfortunately they don’t always make it across. For some city dwellers, this may be the only wildlife they […]

Volume 22 Issue 3, Fall 2017 by Donna Quinn In early autumn, large groups of Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) gather and begin their migration to South America. In a magnificent spectacle, as many as 10,000 swifts will create a tornado-like vortex funneling into a roosting chimney to spend the night during their migration. Chimney Swifts are found in open sky over cities, towns, lakes, rivers and […]