Urban Wildlife Guide

Something new for my shadow collection. It's a tiger bee fly. It gets the three-word name because it is a fly that looks like a bee, w...

  Spicebush swallowtail butterfly.         “August is the slow, gentle month that stretches out the longest across the span of a year. It ya...

  The weather finally cooled off in South Jersey. I celebrated with a trip to Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge , despite clouds an...

A Canada goose family walking on a park path. Click to enlarge. All heading to the pond.  This one paused for a close up. 

  Do you know this bird? Click on the photo to enlarge it. A clue -- it's a female. The male of the species looks like this. They are re...

  I just returned from a trip to Canada, where I saw the famous Niagara Falls. I also saw the less famous local black squirrels of Toronto! ...

  The osprey is about two feet long with a five-foot wingspan. This one is hovering while hunting. It eats mainly fish, which it catches by ...