Yellow-rumped warblers are among the most common warblers in North America. There are an estimated 170 million of them, small, elegant birds clothed in yellow, […]
Hidden world in the aspens: getting to know voles and more
July 30, 2023 “We know where all the birds are. We don’t know where all the mammals are,” Cody Lane tells me. We’re walking through […]
A naturalist journey through Kokanee Glacier Park
High in the Rocky Mountains, there’s a vast landscape where the wind sighs over rock and heather. The trees struggle up the steep ridges and […]
A portrait of nature along the Niobrara River
September 28, 2023 It’s a warm, still night in late September along the Niobrara River, flowing east through Nebraska’s sandhills prairie. The moon is nearly […]
Glimpsing the life of a songbird
July 26, 2023 The morning sun paints the rocky summits of the Teton Mountains in pink and blue as we set up the nets. The […]
Getting to know Washington’s spiders
April 27, 2023 If you hate spiders, I have bad news for you: the world is full of them. In the state of Washington alone, […]
Solstice wanderings and the dance of the swallows
June 21, 2023 I came to Spokane Bay on the summer solstice with no intention of writing something new. Paddling up central Montana’s Hauser Lake […]
Yellow-rumped Wanderers: a special feature about yellow-rumped warblers
Welcome to Yellow-rumped Wanderers, a special production in collaboration with Will Valentine, producer of the Will’s Birdbrain podcast. Will is an amazing birder based in […]
Earth Song: birds, wolves, and the power of singing
For most of us, song is something that permeates our lives on a daily basis. We find it on the radio, in concerts, in ads, […]
Finding healing in the midst of climate chaos
I woke up this morning with a gnawing sense of depression, the wildfire smoke blurring the mountains into gray shapes and biting at my nose. […]