Points North
Migrations and Paltry Partridge
Casey, our old yellow Lab, needs to step out a couple of times each night to answer nature’s call. Taking him outside has become my nightly routine. I don’t mind it. In Hovland, we have silent nights and the dark sky sparkles with thousands of stars. While Casey totters about the backyard, I stand there and take it all in. more...

Reviews
The Singing Life of Birds
Birdsong, welcome music as spring arrives, is a wondrously diverse method of vocal communication. The author, a leading expert in “avian vocal behavior,” explains how and why birds sing and how we can better understand them through their songs. The book contains a with recordings of bird songs that , when matched with graphic sonograms in the book, allows the reader to hear birds sing as never before. more...