A Tern for the Better
Writing headlines can be tricky when your subject begs for a catchy pun. I resisted the urge on this Chinese Crested Tern article… until this blog post, that is.
A Woodpecker Disguised as… Another Woodpecker?
The Helmeted Woodpecker has a secret: it’s pretending to be a different type of woodpecker.
Hope for the Honduran Emerald Hummingbird
Under 10,000 of these shimmering birds remain–adding them to the Endangered Species List may help save them.
Writing About Children: A Grown-Up’s Dilemma
It’s hard to write about children, especially when you were recently one yourself. A former Michigander tries to quell her memories to write about current young Wisconsinites.
Piping Plover Protection Pays off in New York
Adorable tiny shorebirds have returned to their ancestral nesting site.
Fireworks: Bright, Beautiful, Bad for Beach Birds?
We may love the rockets’ red glare, and bombs bursting in air… but for birds, fireworks can be deadly.
An Elegy for America’s Oldest Bald Eagle
The oldest banded Bald Eagle in the country has died, after a long and extraordinary life.
Elizabeth Explains 