On my recent visit to Kruger National Park in South Africa in May 2023, I had the opportunity to visit the northern end of the park.  An are...

Seventeen-year Periodic Cicadas have been emerging slowly and silently in my east Tennessee yard for the past week.  No drumming music to at...

You will seldom see posts from me about insects.  I value them and appreciate their contribution to our natural world but they are not gener...

Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak watercolor sketch by Vickie Henderson For those of us who love birds and love to watch them, we have a ready...

In Knoxville, in the east Tennessee Valley, fall brings migrating warblers, thrushes and other species into open wooded areas for food.  Tha...

Young hummingbirds leave the nest full of curiousity and uncertainty.  They have to figure things out quickly and innocence is short-liv...

If you happen to be outside when a flock of grackles arrives, you may want to take shelter!  It may rain acorns! When mature acorns are a...

Ruby-throated Hummingbird male. This morning I helped trap hummingbirds for banding at Seven Islands State Birding Park in east Tennesse...