What a pleasure it was to once again be in a place where nature is wild and the sounds of the natural world dominate. That was the gist of my recent hikes up and down Mount Philo, an isolated peak ...

A week or so passed before I ventured far enough downslope to see the spot where a family was started. The flat rock, protected from weather by a rock/earth overhang, had been used not too many years ...

Generally, birds don’t get credit for being smart animals. Just think of the way the expression “bird-brained” is used. But corvids, which include magpies, crows, and ravens in particular, flutter in ...