Look and Listen: Finding the Ovenbird
As much as I wish the rhythms and routines of my life allowed for as much time spent in nature as possible, my birding habits of late are decidedly more watching out the window than walking through the woods. Which is why a recent moment of true serendipity occasioned such glee. While exploring forested trails in Maine on a family vacation, my ears trained on crunching in the leaves or calls from the canopy, a rustle caught my attention. As I located the small speckled culprit, I was delighted to recognize an Ovenbird! The very subject of our monthly spotlights this…
Hidden in the Leaves: The Ovenbird’s Nesting Story
A sculpted dome of grass and twigs, its opening barely perceptible beneath a layer of leaves. A carefully…
Life in the Leaf Litter: Meet the Ovenbird
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A Field Guide to Spring’s Brightest Warbler
If the symphony of songs wafting through our yards or the frequency of freckled fledglings at our bird…