A Home for Alfie
THE HOMING INSTINCT is widely shared among animals. The territory. The nest site. The song, a proclamation of home. The squabbles and the chases, a demonstration of having it, an insistence Continue reading
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The Return of Wolves to Isle Royale
ON A STORMY MAY MORNING last spring, with lightning striking and thunder rolling over Lake Superior, the Voyageur II ferry carried visitors on the two-hour trip to Isle Royale National Park. Continue reading
The Life Cycle of a Feather
ALL CREATURES SPIRIT me away from my thoughts into the real and present world. Because birds fly, they don’t need to be unnoticeable and hide like mice do, so I, like Continue reading
7 Photographers Capturing the Magic of Birds
IN ANTICIPATION OF Orion‘s newest anthology on birds, we present you with a series of photographs that capture the wonder—and mystery—of birds around the world. Below are some of the faces Continue reading
How to Name a Bird
—For J. Drew Lanham 1. Don’t say it. Definitely never it, but instead always who, as in that citrus-bright song throating from the branch—not what is that, but who might that Continue reading