Since 1971, Gus Ben David has built poles for ospreys to nest and placed them throughout the Island. In just over 50 years he’s seen 160 poles placed — varying in size and location, but always high above their surroundings.

The red planet Mars is worthy of attention this month as it both grows in brightness and gets easier to see after midnight.

I associate the arrival of a northern waterthrush with the start of the southward songbird migration.

Catherine the Great, Hagar the Horrible, Andre the Giant, Ming the Merciless, and Pliny the Elder all have evocative names that describe a quality for which these individuals were known.

A thin crescent moon appears low in the southwestern sky beginning next week.

Are hummingbirds really pugnacious? Many observers think so but I say they are not always feisty.