Birds for All

Heart Mountain, north of Cody, Wyoming, rises over 2,000 feet above the surrounding plain. Not a big deal, but for the fact that the entire ...

Four glacial epochs shaped the topography of the midwest; Wisconsinian, Illinoisan, Kansan, and Nebraskan. The last, the Wisconsinian, began...

Driving north of the reservoir, a county road. A redtail left the trees at a home and flew at us, 15 feet up. A big girl, she passed directl...

There were several Eastern Bluebirds doing birdwork in and about some low trees as I passed. Beauty is transcendent, and the beauty of a blu...

Easter Sunday my big girl, Abbe, went lost. My cousin has several acres on the far west side of Elwood, wooded, lots of water, and a creek o...

The longest walks of my life were separated by over 20 years - a lot then, not much now. 18 and in the farthest north of Newfoundland, per...

Bought a new rifle yesterday. Kind of a kick-around .22, synthetic/stainless, virtually indestructible, just right for shooting at trash on ...