The hardest thing about banding birds is the record-keeping, and the second-hardest is summarizing our work in ways that are enjoyable and informative for Web...
Our 31st year at Hilton Pond Center started out rather slow as far as birds are concerned, but a trip to Atlanta was quite productive. Along the way we banded...
From Steve Windsor  FYI from a third party, the test message came through to my spam box today. Of course my e-mail is also yahoo if that makes any...
In mid-January we took the long drive to the Outer Banks of North Carolina where we encountered quite a few winter hummers. However, these weren't Rufous...
Most evenings spring through fall we can look out over our property and watch bats swooping through the air catching insects; that seldom happens after first...
Denise, Expecting something from Wild Ones, I clicked on the link yesterday. The resulting message had absolutely nothing to do with WO. My spam and virus...
All, Yes it was spam. Unfortunately we have been seeing an increase in hijacked emails. This and another were from Hotmail email addresses. When I see them get...
While off on our latest hummingbird banding expedition to the Neotropics, we arrived a few days ahead of our research team and got to spend some time chasing...
We're beginning to think it takes longer to write up results of our Neotropical hummingbird expeditions than it does to actually implement the trips. That's...
Our Operation RubyThroat expeditions to Central America obviously revolve around the study of hummingbirds, but we also try to make time to take photos of...
Hi All, I planted a few pussy willows (Salix discolor) last year at the Steiner School but no sign of fuzzy catkins yet, boy or girl. Maybe they are too young...
Celia, We do not know where you are and sometimes helps to know this. How big were the plants when you planted them last year? Bare-root twig? 2-gallon? ...
Apologies. I thought I was posting to my local Ann Arbor, MI group. 1 gallon plants, between knee and hip height. Thanks for the link. Males have the sought...
Please see below job description and distribute as appropriate. Position Available: Land Protection Coordinator   Small nonprofit land conservancy seeks...
Here is a brief message I'm about to send members of our Madison WI chapter. Any feedback from any of you would be most appreciated. Thanks, Barb Glassel Do...
I'm looking to plant a tree in my front yard to give us coverage from a busy street and to shade out the setting sun. Initially, I was thinking of a Speckled...
I have a narrow space so I want it to canopy out but to be able to trim it away from my neighbor's house. Possibility Place recommended a Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya...
 I planted an American Hop Hornbeam (aka Ironwood) in DuPage County in 1995. It is now 28' H and 15" W and rather straight. These are supposed to be...
Ah, understand your space requirement more. That choice sounds good! I like its cousin too,Carpinus caroliniana, musclewood (or blue beech). It has an...
As noted previously, it takes a long time to put together each photo essay that summarizes an Operation RubyThroat hummingbird expedition to the Neotropics....
The month of March 2012 was incredibly warm--both day and night--and Mother Nature seemed to respond. Plants and animals of various species showed activity...
Good day! I am working with a local land trust here in Central Illinois. We would like to create a "nursery" for prairie plants that will eventually be used...
Sherrie, The Natural Land Institute has been restoring land at Nygren Wetland. They established a nursery of numerous species that they use now as their seed ...
