The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...

I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after ...

It was cold and the wind was blowing hard, but there I was with two friends scanning the whitecaps of Rose Valley Lake, hoping for a fallout of waterfowl and vagrant species. Winter birding in these ...

The out-of-doors, similarly, can be filled with silence. On a calm day our winter world can be impressively, or perhaps oppressively, quiet. The snow dampens the sound and, given that most people are ...

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An Australian wētā lookalike was first noticed in Pukekohe in 1990. Now the stroppy biting insects are common from Auckland ...

To be completely sure, you need a bird call expert along. Fortunately, naturalist groups often include some very ...

These are birds not observed on the count day but were within three ... Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ovenbird, Black-and-White Warbler. “I’ve been ...

Ferns make for an excellent ground cover, and though they're overall low-maintenance, avoiding these gardening mistakes will really allow them to thrive.