Essays by Subject

Columns and Other Essays Collected by Subject Matter

Astronomy

March 3, 2013: Comets (Two visitors this year)
January 13, 2013: A Calendar of Astronomical Events (A quiet year with a possile spectacular finish)
June 3, 2012: The Transit of Venus (A Twice in a Lifetime Event)
January 10, 2010: Blue Moon (Some Folklore)
December 27, 2009: The Date of the New Year (Some history of an artificially named date)
April 4, 2009: Galileo at 400 (Celebration of his first astronomical discoveries)
December 21, 2008: Christmas-related Nature (Science and the Biblical gospels)
February 10, 2008: Measuring Our Solar System (Planet Size and Distance from the Sun)
November 18, 2007: Comet Holmes (A Returning Visitor Explodes into View)
October 28, 2007: Meteorite (Chance Plays a Role)
August 6, 2006: Astronomical Matters (Naming a Planet and Locating Three Stars)
August 7, 2005: The Perseid Meteor Shower (A Summertime Opportunity to Observe Astronomical Activity)
June 12, 2005: Asteroid Scare (Odds Threaten Us)
March 20, 2005: Sundogs (One of Many Atmospherics)
September 12, 2004: Gravity (Driving Force of the Universe)
June 6, 2004: A Transit of Venus (A Twice in a Lifetime Astronomical Event)
March 7, 2004: Foucault's Pendulum (Proof that the Earth Rotates)
September 15, 2003: Galileo's Demise (Our Jupiter Satellite Meets a Fiery End)
July 28, 2003: Deep Space (The Near-Empty Universe Surrounding Us)
May 5, 2003: A Transit and an Eclipse (Two Astronomical Events in Early May)
August 26, 2002: What Time is It? (New Ways of Telling Time: Some Interesting But Don't Worry about Converting)
May 6, 2002: Five Planets (On View in the Early Evening Sky -- If the Weather Breaks)
March 18, 2002: Weird Behavior on the Vernal Equinox (Eggs on End)
November 26, 2001: The Leonid Meteor Shower (And a Note on Botulism)
Calendar Change Proposals (Don't Bet on Implementation)
A Christmas Eclipse (Only a Partial Eclipse but a Rare Event Nevertheless)
Another Possible Y2K Glitch (February 29, 2000 May Create Problems)
Asteroid Visit (NEAR Space Vehicle Arrives at Eros on Valentine's Day)
Planets March Across the December Sky Those Stolen Days (Thomas Pyncheon Recreates the 18th Century)
Comet Hale-Bopp (Morning Pass in February)
Hale-Bopp Reprise (On Magnitude and Comet Names)
Christmas Star (The Star of Bethlehem: What and When Was It?)
Vernal Equinox (The Perfect Twelve Hour Day)

Birds

April 28, 2013: The Hamburg Hawkwatch (Thousands of raptors)
April 7, 2013: Snipe and Woodcock (Two fatties of the forest floor)
March 24, 2013: Feeder Deaths (Are we poisoning birds?)
March 10, 2013: Bird Arrivals (Are your birds arriving earlier?)
February 24, 2013: Short-eared Owls (Winter foragers)
February 17, 2013: An Evolutionary Anomaly (Downy and Hairy Woodpecker relationship)
January 20, 2013: Five Christmas Bird Counts (Weather affects the experience)
December 23, 2012: Birdwatching in the Koreas (A visit to the Orient)
December 16, 2012: Eagles as Angels (A rehabilitator rehabilitates himself)
December 2, 2012: Evening Grosbeaks (Missing for years)
November 18, 2012: Storm Birds (Rare Visitors)
November 11, 2012: The Cahow Returns (Rediscovery and support of the Bermuda petrel)
August 5, 2012: A Nest Book is Published (An Audubon legacy)
July 29, 2012: A Pennsylvania Outing (Sparrows and dickcissels and more)
June 24, 2012: Red-tailed Hawk (An injured raptor is saved and rehabilitated)
May 13, 2012: Warblers in Forest Lawn Cemetery (Birding along the ridge)
April 29, 2012: The Migration Drive (The cause is elusive)
March 25, 2012: Bluebirds Return (Nest boxes turn the tide for an endangered species)
March 18, 2012: Beginning Birder (Youngsters can get help)
March 11, 2012: Birds Arriving Earlier (Long-term records provide evidence)
February 26, 2012: Snowy Owls (Driven southward)
February 19, 2012: Snow Geese (A spectacular show this year)
February 12, 2012: Birding Tours (Travel to exotic areas)
January 8, 2012: Horned Larks (A favorite bird)
December 25, 2011: Use Real Trees for Christmas (You support tree farmers and birders)
December 11, 2011Christmas Bird Counts: 2011 (Winter birding ahead)
November 27, 2011: The Imperial Woodpecker (Evidence for an extinct pileated woodpecker relative)
November 6, 2011: Winter Finches (Watch for them at feeders)
October 30, 2011: The Big Year (Despite poor reviews, well worth seeing)
October 2: Muckrace (Another test of birders' mettle)
July 24, 2011: Breeding Bird Survey (An annual June activity)
July 10, 2011: Bobolink (A meadow bird doing well)
May 15, 2011: Mimic Thrushes (Three remarkable songsters))
May 1, 2011: Birding Field Guides (Four recent editions)
April 24, 2011: Gardening for Wildlife (Some personal prejudices)
March 27, 2011: Shade-grown coffee (For bird conservation)
March 6, 2011: Spring bird arrival dates (Check against your own experience)
February 27, 2011: The 2011 Waterfowl Count (Niagara Frontier ducks, geese, swans -- and eagles)
December 12, 2010: The Roger Tory Peterson Institute Harper Exhibit (Remarkable paintings)
November 28, 2010: Irruption Year? (Will northern birds visit?)
October 17, 2010: Bird Feeding (Problems arise)
October 10, 2010: Niagara Birds (A wonderful new regional bird book)
September 12, 2010: School Problem (A teacher volunteer needs help)
August 8, 2010: Culling Geese (Candi and Bambi take over the countryside)
July 18, 2010: A Summer Bird Walk (Early morning best)
July 11, 2010: The California Condor (Big birds)
June 6, 2010: Southern Tier Wooded Property (a pleasant morning birding)
May 16, 2010: Birding a university campus (University at Buffalo natural areas)
May 9, 2010: Warblers (Jewels of the bird world)
April 18, 2009: Eagles (Return to the Niagara Frontier)
April 11, 2010: Lake Ontario Morning (Birds near Golden Hills State Park)
March 7, 2010: Crows (Bright birds)
February 14, 2010: Migration Stopovers (Where birds rest during migration)
January 17, 2010: Christmas Bird Counts (Winter Outings)
November 22, 2009: Bird Names (Playing by the rules -- AOU rules, that is)
October 18, 2009: Rock Pigeons (Some history of an interesting species)
September 13, 2009 Volunteers to the Rescue (Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary receives help after a devastating flood)
August 23, 2009: What Birds Eat (Studies by W. L. McAtee)
August 2, 2009: Colorado Camp (Remarkable birds in just one tree)
May 24, 2009: Plant Poisons and Beautiful Birds (A book of warnings and a meeting of birders)
April 12, 2009: Phenology (Contributing to the Study of Nature's Annual Sequences)
March 29, 2009: A Bluebird Meeting (An introduction to one of our loveliest birds)
March 22, 2009: Studying Migration (Bridget Stutchbury's research on Wood Thrushes and Purple Martins)
February 22, 2009: The January 2009 Waterfowl Count (A statewide census)
February 8, 2009: eBird (Recording observations as citizen science)
February 1, 2009: Canada Geese (Formerly rare, now a nuisance)
January 11, 2009: 2008 Christmas Bird Counts (Four CBCs: two of them with problems)
December 14, 2008: Winter Owls (Part of an incursion of northern species)
November 30, 2008: Shrike (A Predator Songbird)
October 26, 2008: A New Peterson Bird Guide (A guide especially good for beginners)
October 5, 2008: Elon Howard Eaton: Part 2 (More about one of New York's finest ornithologists)
September 21: Elon Howard Eaton: Part 1 (A Major Figure in the History of New York State Ornithology)
September 14, 2008: A Trip to Guantanamo (Two Odd Experiences)
September 7, 2008: Two Rare Birds Visit Western New York (Even Summer Brings Interesting Species)
August 31, 2008: Hummingbird Myths (A Half Dozen Misleading Tales)
July 6, 2008: (Breeding Bird Surveys) (Keeping Track of Bird Populations)
June 29, 2008: (Colorado Bird Substitutions (Related Species)
May 11, 2008: Tern Problem (Terns 1, Bridge 0)
May 4, 2008: Assisting the American Kestrel (A Nestbox Program for Our Smallest Falcons)
April 13, 2008: Blackbirds (Rusties in Trouble)
March 23, 2008: Harassing Predators (Taking a Chance)
March 16, 2008: Priorities (Cat Protection vs. Bird Protection)
February 17, 2008: Dr. Robert Andrle (An Ornithological Statistician Steps Down)
February 3, 2008: Common Birds in Decline (Serious Population Reductions)
January 13, 2008: Christmas Bird Counts (Censuses Replace Christmas Hunts)
December 16, 2007: Winter Finches (Some Boreal Land Birds That Retreat to Our Region)
October 21, 2007: Phalarope (Gender Switch)
August 19, 2007: Geesekeepers (The Miners Raise Rare Geese and Ducks)
July 22, 2007: Birding in Florida (Seeing Some Southern Summer Species)
June 24, 2007: Common Terns (An Important Colony on the Buffalo Breakwall)
June 17, 2007: Mystery Bird (Junkin's Warbler)
May 20, 2007: Tree Swallows (A Sad Problem for an Early Migrant)
May 6, 2007: Some Spring Thoughts (Change in the Weather Brings a New World)
January 28: Razorbill (A Rare Alcid Visits the Niagara River)
March 25, 2007: Spring Preview (Another Visit to the Ontario Lakeshore)
March 4, 2007: Golden-crowned Kinglets (How Do these Tiniest Passerines Survive the Winter?)
February 25, 2007: A Short-eared Owl Study (Transmitters Mounted in Backpacks)
February 4, 2007: Lake Plains Birding (A Visit to the Lake Ontario Shoreline Region)
January 28, 2007: Razorbill (A Rare Alcid Visits the Niagara River)
November 19, 2006: Project Feederwatch (An Opportunity to Participate in Citizen Science)
November 5, 2006: The Sooty Shearwater (Newly Crowned Migration Champion)
Octobe 29: Kinglets (Our Smallest Songbirds)
October 22, 2006: Second Best (New Ivory-billed Woodpecker Evidence)
September 17, 2006: Goldfinches (A Late Season Nester)
August 20, 2006: Fall Bird Migration Dates (Moving South Already)
July 9, 2006: Cuckoos (First Line of Defense against Caterpillars)
June 11, 2006: Bird Flu (Where we stand today)
June 4, 2006: Twenty Minutes on a Bridge (A Quiet Spot in Amherst State Park)
May 14, 2006: New Nature Trails (Times Beach and Swallow Hollow Now Open)
April 30, 2006: Bluebird People (Providing Homes for these Lovely Birds)
April 23, 2006: Turkey Vulture (At a distance: handsome; up close: less attractive)
April 9, 2006: April Excitement (Spring Reactivates Nature)
February 19, 2006: Cave Swallows (A Fall Invasion)
February 12, 2006: The 2006 Great Backyard Bird Count (Take Part in Citizen Science)
January 22, 2006: Northern Hawk Owl (A Rare Winter Visitor to the Niagara Frontier)
January 8, 2006: Birds of Snowy Fields (Snow Buntings, Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs)
October 30, 2005: Nocturnal Stadium Fallout (Migratiing Birds Visit Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca)
July 24, 2005: Masked Warblers (Two of Our More Common Warblers Go Incognito)
July 10, 2005: Long-eared Owl (An Unexpected Local Breeding Record)
May 15, 2005: The Rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (A Lucky Video Establishes this Remarkable Find)
April 10, 2005: New Kid on the Block (Birders Add Cackling Goose to their Lists)
March 13, 2005: Spring Bird Migration Dates (A Summary of Springtime Arrivals and Departures)
March 6, 2005: Suggestions for Novice Naturalists (How to Get Started Studying Natural History)
February 20, 2005: A Trip to the North (A Search for Some Canadian Birds)
February 6, 2005: The Downy Woodpecker (A Busy Woodland Worker)
January 16, 2005: An Incursion of Large Owls (Large Owls Retreating from the Far North)
January 9, 2005: Seagulls (Identification of Gull Species)
December 12, 2004: Christmas Bird Counts (Winter Days in the Field)
November 28, 2004: Birding Babylon (A Soldier-Naturalist in Iraq)
October 3, 2004: The Carolina Parakeet (Our Native Parrot Long Gone)
August 29, 2004: How Many Birds Do Cats Kill? (Some Recent Information about Bird Mortality)
July 11, 2004: House Wren (Tiny and Cheery but Violent)
June 13, 2004: John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson (A New Book about Two Outstanding Early American Ornithologists)
May 23, 2004: West Virginia (Great Birding, Great Scenery and Great People)
May 9, 2004: Wind Turbines and Birders (An Unnecessary Confrontation)
April 11, 2004: Our Three Swans (Three Beautiful Birds: Two of Them Serious Problems)
March 21, 2004: Highly Contagious Avian Influenza (The Bird Flu Virus is Dangerous to Birds and Humans)
March 14, 2004: Birding in Early Spring (Head for Water)
March 1, 2004: The February Niagara Frontier Feeder Count (What 255 Observers Recorded)
February 16, 2004: Raptorphilia (A Concern about Our Attitude toward Hawks and Owls)
February 2, 2004: Bird Feeder Survey (A Niagara Frontier Citizen Science Opportunity)
January 12, 2004: A Problem with US-Canada Birding ("Hands up!")
December 29, 2003: Halcyon Days (How the Kingfisher Got Its Latin Name)
December 1, 2003: The Passenger Pigeon (From Multitudes to Extinction)
November 17, 2003: Lifer (A Young Birder Beats Shows Us Up)
October 20, 2003: Hurricane Birds (Hurricane Isabel Does Us Two Favors)
October 13, 2003: Formation Flight (Does Flying in Echelon Provide Advantages?)
October 6, 2003: Frequently Asked Questions (Selections from a Bird Watcher's Digest Summary)
August 18, 2003: Birds and Windows Reprise (Readers Offer Their Suggestions)
August 4, 2003: British Bird Decline (A Major Loss in House Sparrow and Starling Numbers)
July 21, 2003: Least Bittern (The Tom Thumb of Herons)
July 7, 2003: Birds and Windows (A Bit Too Much Testosterone?)
April 28, 2003: Coots Can Count (They May Not Look Smart...)
April 21, 2003: Regional Bird Migration Information (The New Buffalo Ornithological Society Seasonal Checklist)
April 7, 2003: Timberdoodle (April is the Month for the Woodcock's Display)
March 24, 2003: Late Winter Walk (Finally Some Bright Days)
March 17, 2003: Birdbox Festival (Getting Busy Before the Migration Heats Up)
March 10, 2003: Allan Klonick 1921-2003 (Another Fine Friend Departs)
February 3, 2003: Times Beach (Time to Get Going on a Long Overdue Conservation Project)
January 27, 2003: Assemblages of Animals (From Herds of Cattle to Parliaments of Rooks)
Janauary 13, 2003: Bird Feeding is Okay (A Response to a Wall Street Journal Article)
November 25, 2002: Suet Feeding (Providing Life Support for Winter Birds)
October 28, 2002: A Late Mosquito (West Nile Virus is Tough on Birds)
October 14, 2002: An October Birding Big Day (Two Young Men Set a New York State Record)
September 16, 2002: Birding on 9/11 (In New York City's Central Park)
September 2, 2002: Iroquois Observations (A Full Fall Program at Iroqouis National Wildlife Refuge)
May 13, 2002: The New York State Breeding Bird Atlas in 2002 (Beginning the Third of Five Years)
February 29, 2002: Two Handsome Sparrows (White-crowned and Fox Sparrows Appear Briefly on Migration)
January 21, 2002: Three Rare Birds (Winter Birding Not Bad on the Niagara Frontier)
December 17, 2001: Fall Yellow Palm Warblers (Unexpected Visitors to the Niagara Frontier)
September 17, 2001: Fall Wanderers (Wood Storks Visit Upstate New York)
Buffalo has Good Guys Too (Two Buffalonians Make Audubon Magazine)
Cedar Waxwings (Sociable Birds)
Botulism (Another Tough Year for Waterbirds)
Where Was I? (A New Kind of Birding Test)
Bluebirds (Support for our State Bird)
North Country Odyssey (Nature Conservancy in Action)
Here They Come! (Migrating Bird Arrival Dates)
The Fourth Great Backyard Bird Count (A National Inventory of Winter Birds Just Before Spring Migration)
House Finch Decline (A Newcomer Runs into Serious Health Problems)
The Halloween Ladybug (An Alien Lady Bird Beetle Brings Tricks as Well as Treats)
Len Rusin: Natural History Artist (Animal Portraits are Different from Those of Humans)
The Living Wild (Conservationists Speak Out Beside a Photographer's Spectacular Pictures)
West Nile Virus Reprise (The Virus Spreads Across New York State)
Hostile Hummers (Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Fight Over Sugar Water)
Whobbies (My Favorite Loon Story)
West Nile Virus (Crows Monitor This Dread Disease)
Summer Natural History Reading (Books for Relaxation)
A Day in the Adirondacks (Bicknell's Thrush and Spring Lake Bog)
Atlas 2000 (State Birders Begin Work on a Second Breeding Bird Atlas)
Lark Bunting (An Unusual Appearance on the Niagara Frontier Brings Back Memories)
Winter's End? (Celebrating the Good Weather in the Field)
Sumac Warehouses (Staghorn Sumac Serving as Seed Retainers)
Birdbrains (Birds aren't so Dumb After All)
Profanetary (The Buffalo Ornithological Society's Lampoon Issue)
Raven Encounter (A Bird Proves Too Smart for Me)
Crows (Smart Birds Pose Problems)
The Kirtland's Warbler (A Rare Bird in the Michigan Jack Pines)
Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Garden (Hummingbird Feeders and Plants for Hummers and Butterflies)
Migration Remains a Mystery (Birds Have a Scenario of Their Own)
Alabama Blues (Blue Birds at a Blue Time)
Missing Charles Sibley (A Fine Avian Systematist and Good Personal Friend is Gone)
Sea Ducks (A Seemingly Empty Lake is Well Populated)
The 2nd Annual Backyard Bird Count (The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Invites Amateurs to Contribute to Science)
New Year's Day Birding (Starting a 1999 Year List)
Nature in the Dark (Conversation with a Horned Owl)
19th Century Bird Nest Paintings (A Remarkable Family Story)
Benjamin Franklin Talks Turkey (Turkey yes, Eagle no)
Bull's Birds of New York State (A Fine Addition to the Literature of Ornithology)
Fall Bird Banding (Some Identification Problems Are Simplified with the Bird in Hand)
Miscellaneous Notes (Border Collie Chases Geese for the Air Force)
Cats and Wildlife (Our Most Destructive Carnivore)
The Case of the Bald Birds (An Ornithological Detective Story)
Cormorant Kill (A Serious Crime and Even More Serious Problems)
Winter Wren (Delightful Songster of the Northern Forest)
Two Birds (A Rare Beauty and a Starving Beast)
A Visit to Merritt Island, Florida (Some Differences between Northern and Southern Birding)
Experiences on Four Local Christmas Bird Counts (Enjoying Winter Birding)
The Hamlin Lake Watch (Over 300,000 Waterfowl on Lake Ontario)
Wild Turkey Reprise (Return from Near Extinction)
BirdWatch (Don and Lillian Stokes on TV)
A Chipping Sparrow with Two Heads (A Bizarre Discovery with a Final Twist)
Birding Contest (A National Competition for Middle and High School Students)
Banding Station (Non-Professionals Contribute to Science)
Glen (Warblers vs. Bulldozers)
Baltimore Oriole (Return of an Aristocrat)
Cardinal (Cheering Our Spring)
S.P.C.A. (Rehabilitating a Great Blue Heron, a Red-breasted Merganser, and a Bald Eagle)
CBC Feeder Birds (In Decline?)
Owl Calling (Some Tongues Don't Twist the Way They Should)
Shoreline Activities (Hurricane Fran Brings Rare Birds)
Tower Kills (Migrating Birds Killed by the Radio and Television Towers South of Buffalo, NY)
Rare Hummingbird (Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus)
Woodpeckers: 2 (Tough on the Head)
Woodpeckers: 1 (Tree Drillers)
Ross's Gull (Welcome to the Niagara Frontier?)
Grebe Fallout (Horned Grebes in Trouble)
Lek (Sharp-tailed Grouse Dancing Ground)
Birds vs. Buildings (Artificial Obstructions)
Albinism (Some Animals, Especially Birds, Lack Pigmentation)
Wind Birds (The Shorebirds Come Through)
April 8: Hummingbirds (The first "Nature Watch" column)

Books

February 3, 2013: Overheated (A book on global warming)
January 27, 2013: Zooland (An important but flawed contribution to the business of zoos)
December 16, 2012: Eagles as Angels (A rehabilitator rehabilitates himself)
December 9, 2012: This Year's Books for Nature Lovers (A fine list)
November 11, 2012: The Cahow Returns (Rediscovery and support of the Bermuda petrel)
August 5, 2012: A Nest Book is Published (An Audubon legacy)
January 22, 2012: Maps (Reading favorites)
January 15, 2012: Our arid Southwest (A national problem)
December 4, 2011: Books for the Holidays (Plenty for naturalists' reading)
September 18, 2011: Mike Levy on TR (A must read for conservationists)
July 3, 2011: Books for Summer Reading (An extensive selection)
January 16, 2011: Hiking Partners (Rich and Sue Freeman: regional publishers)
December 5, 2010: 2010 Holiday Books (A great list)
October 24, 2010: Nature of New York (Two fine books explore our past and future)
October 10, 2010: Niagara Birds (A wonderful new regional bird book)
June 20, 2010: Books for Summer: 2010 (Outstanding new books for vacation reading)
May 23, 2010: An E. O. Wilson novel (and another book about ants by Mark Moffett)
May 2, 2010: A wildflower book (Wildflower stories)
December 6, 2009: Natural History Books for the Holidays (More excellent writing)
November 8, 2009: Small Talk (Two books about the miniature to the microscopic)
June 28, 2009: Summer 2009 Reading (Books for the holidays)
May 24, 2009: Plant Poisons and Beautiful Birds (A book of warnings and a meeting of birders)
March 15, 2009: Living Waters (Margaret Wooster spotlights regional problems)
March 8, 2009: How New York State Got Its Shape (A complex history of surveys and treaties)
December 7, 2008: Books for Holiday Giving (Many Excellent Choices)
October 26, 2008: A New Peterson Bird Guide (A guide especially good for beginners)
June 15, 2008: Books for Summer Reading (Another Collection of Outstanding Natural History and Science Books))
April 6, 2008: Tree Symposium (Honoring Bruce Kershner)
December 2, 2007: Books for the Holidays (More Great Choices)
July 8, 2007: Summer Books (For Your Reading List)
June 3, 2007: Rachel Carson (100th Birthday of an Environmental Pioneer)
April 29, 2007: Hiking across Afghanistan (Not Just Tough Going, Dangerous Going)
February 11, 2007: The Voyage of the Beagle (Darwin's Formative Adventure Sailing Around the World)
December 3, 2006: Holiday Books 2006 (Personal Recommendations)
July 2, 2006: Summer Reading (More Fine Books Available)
May 21, 2006: Flower Power (How Human History is Tied to that of the Flowering Plants)
January 15, 2006: The Nature Fakers (John Burroughs and Teddy Roosevelt Take On Ernest Thompson Seton and William Long)
December 18, 2005: Snake Oil Salesman (A Book NOT to Buy)
December 11, 2005: Holiday Books: 2005 (Natural History Again Well Represented)
July 3, 2005: Books for Summer Reading (A Few of the Best Recent Issues)
February 13, 2005: Ordinary Wolves (An Autobiographical Novel about the Alaskan Wilderness)
December 5, 2004: Holiday 2004 Natural History and Science Books (A New Batch of Fine Books)
August 1, 2004: Locust Plague (A Remarkable Story of Overabundance and Extinction)
July 25, 2004: Beatrix Potter (A Victorian Naturalist)
July 18, 2004: The Beast in the Garden (A New Book Suggests that Cougars Create Problems)
June 20, 2004: Books for Summer Reading in 2004 (Some Outstanding New Books)

Botany

April 14, 2013: Bonsai (Oriental floral art)
March 17, 2013: Winter Tree Identification (John Sly leads a seminar)
August 26, 2012: New York Forest Owners (Members manage private forests for future use)
July 22, 2012: The Mustard Challenge (Controlling a noxious weed)
April 8, 2012: Please Plant Native Flora (Native plants support wildlife)
January 29, 2012: The Clinton Herbarium (The Buffalo Museum's botany collection)
December 25, 2011: Use Real Trees for Christmas (You support tree farmers and birders)
October 16, 2011: Autumn Leaves (Nature's palate)
October 9, 2011: Purple Loosestrife Reprise (Come on, beetles)
July 17, 2011: Giant Hogweed (A very dangerous plant!)
June 26, 2011: The DeVeaux Woods (Small but quite remarkable)
April 24, 2011: Gardening for Wildlife (Some personal prejudices)
February 20, 2011: Forest Regeneration (Some forests in trouble)
December 19, 2010: The Christmas Tree (A centuries old tradition)
September 19, 2010: Tifft Nature Preserve (A sanctuary manager addresses botanical problems)
May 2, 2010: A wildflower book (Wildflower stories)
April 25, 2010: Town of Lockport Nature Trail (Austin Park)
November 15, 2009: Death of a Tree (Life goes on in the forest)
October 4, 2009: Asters (The flowers of frost)
September 20 2009: Orchids in the News (Upcoming meetings)
August 16, 2009: Indian Trail Trees (Signposts from the distant past)
May 31, 2009: Wildflower Demise (Orchids and other wildflowers in trouble)
May 24, 2009: Plant Poisons and Beautiful Birds (A book of warnings and a meeting of birders)
April 12, 2009: Phenology (Contributing to the Study of Nature's Annual Sequences)
March 1, 2009: A Salute to Patricia Eckel (An internationally honored botanical artist)
October 12, 2008: Niagara Frontier Botanical Society celebrates 25 Years (An active group)
September 28, 2008: Leaves (When to see them; how to preserve them)
August 17, 2008: Losing Our Ash Trees (The Emerald Ash Borer Closes In)
June 1, 2008: The New Clarence Arboretum (A Gift to Future Generations)
May 25, 2008: May in Species Names (Two Wildflowers and an Insect)
April 6, 2008: Tree Symposium (Honoring Bruce Kershner)
October 14, 2007: Front Yard Gardens -- Yes! (Anything but Lawns)
October 14, 2007: Goldenrods (A Confusing Group)
September 30, 2007: Freeman Maples (A Hubrid Maple Newly Identified on the Niagara Frontier)
August 12, 2007: Trees under Threat (A Legacy of the October 2006 Storm)
August 5, 2007: In Memoriam: Lady Bird Johnson (One of our Finest First Ladies)
January 14, 2007: Moss (A Hiker's Love Affair)
December 24, 2006: Holiday Plants (Historical Sources for Seasonal Observations)
November 12, 2006: The Artillery Fungus (Another Problem for Homeowners)
October 8, 2006: Berries (Behind the Fall Colors)
September 24, 2006: Tree Memorials (A Grove Honoring 9/11 Victims)
July 30, 2006: Butternut (Another Tree in Trouble)
May 21, 2006: Flower Power (How Human History is Tied to that of the Flowering Plants)
May 7, 2006: Trilliums (Disappearing Wildflowers?)
April 9, 2006: April Excitement (Spring Reactivates Nature)
March 12, 2006: Winter Patterns (Two Winter Walks Lead to Attractive Silhouettes)
October 16, 2005: Maples in Fall (A Riot of Color)
October 9, 2005: A Morning among the Goldenrods (Wildflowers and Insects)
August 14, 2005: Chicory (The Blue Blossoms of Summer Fields and Roadsides)
June 26, 2005: Swallowwort (Trouble Ahead with Another Invasive Weed)
August 8, 2004: Queen Anne's lace (Fields Covered with White Lace)
May 16, 2004: Speedwell (One of Several Alternatives to Solid Green Lawns)
November 24, 2003: The Agricultural Research Service (A Fine Agency Celebrates its Fiftieth Anniversary)
June 2, 2003: Dandelions are Different (An Apomict Composite)
May 19, 2003: On Good and Bad Aliens (Invasives are the Ones that Cause the Problems)
November 18, 2002: Phragmites (Another Invasive Species Expands Rapidly)
November 4, 2002: Plants Prepare for Winter (Adaptations to Address Severe Conditions)
September 30, 2002: Roadside (Wildflowers Brighten a Country Road Edge)
July 15, 2002: St. Johnswort (A Common Roadside Wildflower Often Offered as an Herbal Depressant)
May 20, 2002: Dandelions (Fields of Gold Doubloons)
December 24, 2001: Two Poinsettia Legends (Red Bracts Enhance the Holidays)
October 15, 2001: Johnny Appleseed (A Closer Look at a Frontier Entrepreneur)
Two New Regional Wildflower Books (The Problems of What to Include in a Guidebook)
Beechdrops (A Nondescript Woodland Parasite Has Few Admirers)
Associates (The Partnership of Giant Swallowtails and Hop Trees)
Ragweed (A Punishing Plant)
The Buffalo Tree Survey (A Basis for Urban Beautification)
Summer Natural History Reading (Books for Relaxation)
A Day in the Adirondacks (A Visit to Spring Lake Bog)
Sumac Warehouses (Staghorn Sumac Serving as Seed Retainers)
Gardener's Latin (An Aid to Scientific Nomenclature for Botanists)
Mistletoe (Some History and a Warning)
Identifying Wildflowers in Winter (It isn't so hard after all.)
Genetic Modification (A Wonderful Tool or a Demon Let Loose?)
Milkweed Pods (A Fall Ritual)
Autumn Leaves (New York Fall Colors Seem Normal Despite Our Long Drought)
Cliff Ecology (Pre-Columbian Trees Found along the Niagara Escarpment)
Giant Hogweed (A Dangerous Monster)
Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Garden (Hummingbird Feeders and Plants for Hummers and Butterflies)
Cherry Blossom Festival (Our Nation's Capital Bathed in Pastels)
Journey to Planet Earth (An Outstanding Ecological Television Mini-Series)
Mite vs. Mite (Research Botanists Find Another Way to Protect Our Orchards)
Applied Science (To Myself)
Groundskeeper (Changing a University Monoculture)
Mandrake (No, not the Magician but a Wildflower with Magical Properties)
Pussy Willow (Early Spring Favorite)
Arbor Day (Nebraska Gets the Ball Rolling)
Bernd Heinrich on Forest Ice Damage (From His New Book: The Trees in My Forest)
Ice Palace (Ice Storm Damage to Forests of the Northern Adirondacks)
Kudzu (Will This Vine Conquer the South?)
Mullein (Common Weed or Magic Wildflower?)
Potato Blight (Reprise of the Irish Potato Famine?)
Rhubarb (The History of a Remarkable Plant)
Burdock (Arctium minus and A. lappa)
Tree Conditions: Fall 1996 (What Trees Have to Offer)
Succession (Nature is About Change)
Goldenrod (Common Fall Flowers)
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Arborvitae (The Tree That Saved Cartier's Crew)
Maple Syrup (Sugaring Off)

Camping, Hiking, Biking and Mopeding, Canoeing and Sailing

January 6, 2013: The Niagara Frontier Search and Rescue Team (An important service to the community)
September 23, 2012: Children out-of-doors (Give kids a chance to explore on their own)
August 12, 2012: Around Lake Michigan (My final Great Lake circumnavication)
June 17, 2012: Borderlands (New York- Pennsylvania ridge hike)
May 27, 2012: National Trails Day (The Finger Lakes Trail Celebrates its 50th)
April 15, 2012: The Conservation Trail (A Hiking Series)
November 20, 2011: Duke (My best friend departs)
October 23, 2011: Caretakers (Backwoods talent)
August 14, 2011: The Senator Pat McGee Trail (A perfect Rails-to-Trails example)
May 22, 2011: Trail Runs (Cross country mini-marathons)
April 17, 2011: Noise (Different interpretations)
March 20, 2011: The Conservation Trail (Foothills Trail Club shares a 50th)
February 6, 2011: A Midwinter Walk (Keep senses open)
January 16, 2011: Hiking Partners (Rich and Sue Freeman: regional publishers)
September 26, 2010: Lean-to (Finger Lakes Trail volunteers step forward)
August 29, 2010: Lost (Not too bright behavior)
June 27, 2010: Water Warnings (Caveat hydro)
December 13, 2009: Hiking Dangerously (An unnecessary overnight in the Adirondacks)
August 30, 2009: Western New York's Southern Tier (A delightful place to visit)
August 16, 2009: Indian Trail Trees (Signposts from the distant past)
August 2, 2009: Colorado Camp (Remarkable birds in just one tree)
July 26, 2009: Colorado Trip (Driving Rocky Mountain highways)
January 18, 2009: A Winter Walk (Snowshoeing into the Woods)
November 23, 2008: A canoe trip down the Rupert River in Quebec (400 miles in 23 days)
August 3, 2008: Canoe Trips (Today and 65 Years Ago)
May 18, 2008: Mountain Climber (Wilma Cipolla Bags 115 New England Peaks)
January 27, 2008: Nature Ed-Ventures (Learning While Enjoying Wilderness)
September 16, 2007: By Scooter around Lake Superior (With a Canoe Trip along the Way)
September 2, 2007: Kids in the Woods (Experiences in the Bush)
May 27, 2007: Wind (Tough on Canoe Trips)
April 29, 2007: Hiking across Afghanistan (Not Just Tough Going, Dangerous Going)
December 17, 2006: Hiking Back into History (Thinking about Early Times in Western New York)
November 27, 2005: 2175 Miles (Ellen Gibson completes the Appalachian Trail)
November 13, 2005: Hunter's Creek Park (An Erie County Conservation Park)
October 2, 2005: Hammock Camping (A New Way to Camp - to Me at Least)
September 18, 2005: Lake Huron by Scooter (Learning History about a Great Lake)
July 19, 2005: Canoeing the Minnesota Boundary Waters (The Youngsters Take Charge)
June 5, 2005: Ultralight Backpacking ("Java Joe" Dabes Goes Light)
December 26, 2004: Deer Lick (Hiking through a Nature Preserve in Early Winter)
November 14, 2004: Cross-country Hiker (A Long Trek across the Continent)
October 17, 2004: Lake Champlain (A Visit to Our History)
September 26 2004: Oliver Hazard Perry (A Most Fortunate Hero)
September 5, 2004: Circumnavigating Lake Erie (Around the Lake by Motor Scooter)
May 30, 2004: Killarney Provincial Park (A May Canoe Trip in a Beautiful Setting)
September 1, 2004: Buffalo's Olmsted Parks: II (Parks and Parkways)
August 25, 2003: Buffalo's Olmsted Parks: I (The City at its Best)
July 14, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 4 (Parks in Cheektowaga, Lancaster and Clarence)
June 23, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 3 (Trails in Amherst, Tonawanda's Canalway and the Buffalo-Tonawanda Riverwalk)
June 9, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 2 (Akron Falls and Beeman Creek Parks)
May 26, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 1 (Clarence and Newstead Bikepaths)
March 24, 2003: Late Winter Walk (Finally Some Bright Days)
December 23, 2002: Geocaching (A New Outdoor Activity Especially Suitable for Families)
September 9, 2002: Al Chestnut (Canoeing with a Wartime Hero in Algonquin Park)
June 3, 2002: By Moped along the Hudson (From Mountain Stream to Mile-wide Estuary)
May 27, 2002: Teen Treks (A Bicycling Program of the Buffalo American Youth Hostel Center)
March 4, 2002: AT Hiker (Ellen Gibson Hikes the Appalachian Trail Alone)
January 14, 2002: Walking on Snow (Humans Match Up Quite Well)
November 19, 2001: Erie Canal End-to-End (Two Fine Books Celebrate My Achievement)
October 1, 2001: Chautauqua County Rails-to-Trails Pathways (New York State Has Rural Areas as Well as Urban)
September 3, 2001: Around Lake Ontario (A Delightful Moped Ride)
August 6, 2001: Dangerous Waters (A Wonderful Resource Poses Problems Too)
July 23, 2001: Southwestern New York (A Moped Trip along Border Country)
July 2, 2001: Swallow Hollow Trail Closing (Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Access Reduced)
June 4, 2001: Great Lakes Surfing (An Unexpected Freshwater Sport)
Fire Tower (Saving a Landmark)
Leading Field Trips (Joseph Cornell visits Buffalo)
Catskills (Experiences in Rip van Winkle Country)
Finishing the Finger Lakes Trail (I Achieve an End-to-End!)
Highway Hiking (Tough on the Feet But Not Too Bad in Other Ways)
Summer Natural History Reading (Books for Relaxation)
A Day in the Adirondacks (A Visit to Spring Lake Bog)
Wading the Finger Lakes Trail (Enjoying an Outing Despite the Elements)
Lark Bunting (An Unusual Appearance on the Niagara Frontier Brings Back Memories)
Kettle Falls (A Hotel Deep in the Minnesota Canoe Country)
Bears Can Be Dangerous (Some Warnings Derived from the Black Bear Attacks Reported in 1998)
Good Kids (The Other Side of the Delinquency Coin)
Second Outing on the Seaway Trail (Cruising by Moped)
Revolutionary War Ghost Story (A Tale to Tell around the Campfire)
Trail Angels (Illness While Hiking Underscores Safety Measures)
The 1998 Allegany Nature Pilgrimage (Advance Information about the late-May Event)
A Visit to Allenberg Bog (Winter Surveying Adventures)
Autumn on the Seaway Trail (Slackbiking Along the Lake Erie Shore)
Cherokee Lands (Some Thoughts about the Early History of Alabama)
A Visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake (Biking along the Niagara River to Lake Ontario)
Northern Minnesota Cabin (Easy Days Along the Gunflint Trail)
Clepsydra (Sailing the Carolinas on the Intracoastal Waterway)
Blackflies (The Bad Bugs of June in the North Woods)
Appalachian Trail Through Hikers (Good Kids on the Trail)
Backpacking Equipment (Getting Easier)
Isle Royale (Wilderness Backpacking)
Wellsville Marathon (They Run; I Hike)
South Mountain (Hiking in Civil War Country)
Two Trips (Outdoors with Youngsters)

Conservation

February 10, 2013: Marilla (A village festival)
February 3, 2013: Overheated (Climate Change events)
November 25, 2012: Trash (How our refuse is handled)
November 11, 2012: The Cahow Returns (Rediscovery and support of the Bermuda petrel)
September 30, 2012: Jesse Kregal, Conservationist (Leader in the Scajaquada Trail development)
September 2, 2012: Nature Wars (Beavers join deer and geese as problem animals)
August 26, 2012: New York Forest Owners (Members manage private forests for future use)
April 22, 2012: East Aurora Conservation Activities (Two New Sanctuaries)
February 5, 2012: Disc Golf in the Wrong Place (Chestnut Ridge Park's Eternal Flame area)
July 31, 2011: A reassessment of nuclear energy (A problem for contemporary society)
August 21, 2011: A Butterfly Meadow (A landfill serves other purposes)
June 26, 2011: The DeVeaux Woods (Small but quite remarkable)
June 12, 2011: E&E Breaks the Mold (An environment company steps up for the environment)
June 5, 2011: Stolen Signs (Vandalism or Theft?)
May 8, 2011: "Rats" in our Parklands (A serious problem)
March 113, 2011: An Urban Project (Sprucing up a wasteland)
December 26, 2010: A Small Farm (A delicate balance in Wyoming County)
October 24, 2010: Nature of New York (Two fine books explore our past and future)
The Conewango Wetland Preserve (A New Preserve of the Nature Sanctuary Society of Western New York)
September 19, 2010: Tifft Nature Preserve (A sanctuary manager addresses botanical problems)
September 5, 2010: Guns and Animal Rights (Overkill with firearms)
August 15, 2010: Woodlawn Beach Science (Wetlands have real value)
August 8, 2010: Culling Geese (Candi and Bambi take over the countryside)
July 11, 2010: The California Condor (Big birds)
April 25, 2010: Town of Lockport Nature Trail (Austin Park)
April 4, 2010: Blue and Green Meetings (Important conservation meetings coming up)
March 28, 2010: The Student Conservation Association (Summer Job Sources for Youth)
February 7, 2010: Fracking (A dangerous probe into the Marcellus Shale)
October 25, 2009: Norman Borlaug (Our world's greatest lifesaver)
September 13, 2009 Volunteers to the Rescue (Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary receives help after a devastating flood)
July 19, 2009: Turtle Research (Ed Scandura's students study diamondback tortoises and spotted turtles)
July 5, 2009: Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation (Mike Noonan's College Undergraduates Teach Local School Students)
June 14, 2009: Reinstein Nature Center Throws a Party (in support of its natural history programs)
May 31, 2009: Wildflower Demise (Orchids and other wildflowers in trouble)
May 3, 2009: The Idiocy of Bottled Water (Yuppiness of the highest order)
April 19, 2009: Buffalo Audubon at 100 (The Society celebrates)
March 15, 2009: Living Waters (Margaret Wooster spotlights regional problems)
January 4, 2009: Depression Stories (Some benefits to Upstate New York)
November 2, 2008: Reevaluate Nuclear Power (Reconsider this long rejected option)
October 19, 2008: Plastic Bags (Bad for the environment)
July 27, 2008: Rain Barrels (The Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Project to Reduce Storm Sewer Pollution)
June 1, 2008: The New Clarence Arboretum (A Gift to Future Generations)
April 20, 2008: Global Warming (A Problem Getting Out of Hand)
March 16, 2008: Priorities (Cat Protection vs. Bird Protection)
February 24, 2008: Conservationist for Kids (A NY DEC Publication for Elementary School Students)
February 3, 2008: Common Birds in Decline (Serious Population Reductions)
November 25, 2007: Rachael Carson Reprise (Reactionary Attacks Really on Environmental Activism)
October 14, 2007: Front Yard Gardens -- Yes! (Anything but Lawns)
September 23, 2007: Scajaquada Creek (Lovely Stream or City Sewer?)
September 9, 2007: The Open-Space Alternative to Suburban Build-Out (Residential Development Costs Taxpayers)
August 26, 2007: Summer House (The Haydens Enjoy a Simple Lifestyle)
August 19, 2007: Geesekeepers (The Miners Raise Rare Geese and Ducks)
August 12, 2007: Trees under Threat (A Legacy of the October 2006 Storm)
August 5, 2007: In Memoriam: Lady Bird Johnson (One of our Finest First Ladies)
July 29, 2007: Riverkeeper Tours (An Important Conservation Organization Keeps Us Informed)
July 15, 2007: Corn for Ethanol (Questions Need to be Answered)
June 3, 2007: Rachel Carson (100th Birthday of an Environmental Pioneer)
May 20, 2007: Criminal Behavior (Desecration of a State Park)
April 8, 2007: Mr. Earth Day (Denis Hayes visits Buffalo)
March 18, 2007: A Quarry Proposal Poses a Problem (A Mine Could Drain the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Marshes)
March 11, 2007: We Lose a Conservation Hero (In Memory of Bruce Kershner)
February 18, 2007: Mining Heat and Cold (Geothermal Energy an Important Alternate Resource)
October 15, 2006: Erie Bluffs (A Conservationist Steps Forward to Save Three Areas)
September 24, 2006: Tree Memorials (A Grove Honoring 9/11 Victims)
June 25, 2006: Inconvenient Truths (Gore and Carson Face Similar Responses)
June 18, 2006: Hunter-Wildlife Watcher Cooperation (One Way: Purchase a Duck Stamp)
March 26, 2006: Wetlands (The Good and Bad of These Water Reservoirs)
February 26, 2006: Riverkeeper (Lynda Schneekloth Speaks Out for the Niagara River Greenway)
December 4, 2005: Community Activists (People Who Stand Up to Powerful Interests Aren't Always Welcomed)
July 31, 2005: Environmental Ethics (A Beautiful Site is Trashed)
May 1, 2005: Great Lakes Problems (Straws in Our Threatened Lakes)
April 17, 2005: Muckrakers (Local Citizens and Agencies Keep Alive our Environmental Conscience)
December 19, 2004: Leadership Changes at INWR (Bob Lamoy retires; Tom Roster takes over)
October 31, 2004: The State of the Environment (Some Issues to Consider before Voting)
August 29, 2004: How Many Birds Do Cats Kill? (Some Recent Information about Bird Mortality)
July 18, 2004: The Beast in the Garden (A New Book Suggests that Cougars Create Problems)
June 27, 2004: Blame It on Lake Tonawanda! (An Ancient Glacial Lake Creates Modern Problems)
May 9, 2004: Wind Turbines and Birders (An Unnecessary Confrontation)
April 18, 2004: Trash (A Winter's Accumulation)
December 15, 2003: Nature View Park (A Plea to the Amherst Town Board)
December 1, 2003: The Passenger Pigeon (From Multitudes to Extinction)
November 24, 2003: The Agricultural Research Service (A Fine Agency Celebrates its Fiftieth Anniversary)
March 3, 2003: Environmentalists Get No Respect (Speak Up and Critics Come Out of the Woodwork)
February 3, 2003: Times Beach (Time to Get Going on a Long Overdue Conservation Project)
January 20, 2003: Scientists and Politicians (Coming at Science from Differing Traditions)
December 2, 2002: Patricia Chapple Wright (An Honored Primatologist from Western New York)
April 22, 2002: Iroquois NWR Open House (Refuge Activities Updated)
April 15, 2002: Living Downstream (A Book Sets the Stage for Earth Day 2002)
April 8, 2002: Dangerous Wildlife Legislation Goes Too Far (A Good Start But This Bill Needs Careful Revision)
February 18, 2001: Lynx Troubles (A Major Attack on Wildlife Biologists in the Northwest)
December 3, 2001: The Demise of a Nature Center (Sadly Some Conservationists Share the Blame)
September 24, 2001: Reinstein Woods (A Week of Activities in an Important Nature Sanctuary)
September 10, 2001: Buffalo has Good Guys Too (Two Buffalonians Make Audubon Magazine)
Dennis Puleston (Death of a National Conservation Hero)
Fire Tower (Saving a Landmark)
Electrical Currents (Ocean Waves Provide Another Clean Energy Source)
A Golf Course Improves its Environment (Modifications Produce Some Positive Results)
North Country Odyssey (Nature Conservancy in Action)
Marcy's Woods (A Unique Canadian Refuge under Threat)
A Foreign Invasion (Alien Plants and Animals Wreck Havoc)
The Living Wild (Conservationists Speak Out Beside a Photographer's Spectacular Pictures)
Hotspots (Aiming Conservation Where It Will Do the Most Good)
The Buffalo Tree Survey (A Basis for Urban Beautification)
A Day in the Adirondacks (A Visit to Spring Lake Bog)
Bats and Rabies (New York Health Authorities Attack Our Most Beneficial Animal)
Medical Research with Animals (Some Concerns about P.E.T.A.'s Latest Escapades)
Vernal Pools (As Important as They are Ephemeral)
Earth Day 2000 (Beginning to Get Our Act Together)
Genetic Modification (A Wonderful Tool or a Demon Let Loose?)
Cliff Ecology (Pre-Columbian Trees Found along the Niagara Escarpment)
Rare Butterfly (A Mystery with an Instructive Solution)
The Kirtland's Warbler (A Rare Bird in the Michigan Jack Pines)
Our 30th Earth Day (A Time to Think about Individual Responsibility for the Environment)
Journey to Planet Earth (An Outstanding Ecological Television Mini-Series)
Sunset Ordinance (Buffalo Considers a Measure to Quit Using Toxic Pesticides)
Groundskeeper (Changing a University Monoculture)
Cats and Wildlife (Our Most Destructive Carnivore)
Cormorant Kill (A Serious Crime and Even More Serious Problems)
A Federal Land Giveaway ("Solving" One Problem by Creating a Worse One)
Home in the Country (Another Threat to the Peaceful Life)
Dumpster Dive (University Students Show the Way toward Recycling)
Arbor Day (Nebraska Gets the Ball Rolling)
Bernd Heinrich on Forest Ice Damage (From His New Book: The Trees in My Forest)
Ice Palace (Ice Storm Damage to Forests of the Northern Adirondacks)
A Visit to Allenberg Bog (Winter Surveying Adventures)
Beach Sweep Reprise (A Remarkable Local Volunteer)
Glen (Warblers vs. Bulldozers)
Two Books (Western Conservation Battles)
Birds vs. Buildings (Artificial Obstructions)
S.P.C.A. (Rehabilitating a Great Blue Heron, a Red-breasted Merganser, and a Bald Eagle)
Reinstein Woods (A Remarkable Suburban Sanctuary)
Endangered Species (The Legal System Makes Things Difficult)

Diseases, Plagues and Other Illnesses

May 6, 2012: Lyme Disease (Watch out for ticks)
January 23, 2011: The Measles Vaccine (An important protection)
October 11, 2009: Flumongers (Some issues do not have two sides)
November 16, 2008: The Common Cold (Scientists Evaluate Some Common Claims)
April 1, 2007: Disease Mongering (Important Drugs are Being Abused)
June 11, 2006: Bird Flu (Where we stand today)
November 20, 2005: Maggot Therapy (Bluebottle Flies to the Rescue)
August 28, 2005: Bloodsuckers (Leeches return to favor in medical practice)
August 1, 2004: Locust Plague (A Remarkable Story of Overabundance and Extinction)
March 21, 2004: Highly Contagious Avian Influenza (The Bird Flu Virus is Dangerous to Birds and Humans)
March 31, 2003: Protecting Our Health (Our Legislators Let Us Down Again)
February 17, 2003: Fat Litigation (McDonald's May Not Be Off the Hook)
October 28, 2002: A Late Mosquito (West Nile Virus is Tough on Birds)
April 15, 2002: Living Downstream (A Book Sets the Stage for Earth Day 2002)
November 26, 2001: The Leonid Meteor Shower (And a Note on Botulism)
November 5, 2001: Anthrax (A Naturally Occurring Disease)
Mosquitos (Don't Let Down Our Guard)
Botulism (Another Tough Year for Waterbirds)
Farmers' Adversity (Foot-and-Mouth Disease the Latest Threat)
Autism (Some Psychologists Make Matters Worse for Families)
West Nile Virus Reprise (The Virus Spreads Across New York State)
West Nile Virus (Crows Monitor This Dread Disease)
Bats and Rabies (New York Health Authorities Attack Our Most Beneficial Animal)
Voodoo Science:2 Homeopathy (Another Example of People Hoodwinking Themselves)
Genetic Modification (A Wonderful Tool or a Demon Let Loose?)
The Baltimore Case (A New Look at a Miscarriage of Academic Justice)
The Cell from Hell (Science Fiction or Science Fact?)
Oprah on Trial (Mad Cow Disease in a Texas Courtroom)
Pale Horse, Pale Rider (A Devastating But Seldom Mentioned Plague That Swept the Earth)

Education

November 4, 2012: On-Site Geology Teaching (Bringing Niagara Falls to Classrooms Live)
June 10, 2012: Children Writing (A program at The Park School)
June 5, 2011: Stolen Signs (Vandalism or Theft?)
September 12, 2010: School Problem (A teacher volunteer needs help)
August 15, 2010: Woodlawn Beach Science (Wetlands have real value)
July 5, 2009: Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation (Mike Noonan's College Undergraduates Teach Local School Students)
June 14, 2009: Reinstein Nature Center Throws a Party (in support of its natural history programs)
May 10, 2009: Great Lakes Center Activities (with its new boat)
April 19, 2009: Buffalo Audubon at 100 (The Society celebrates)
June 22, 2008: Anniversaries (50 and 100 Years, 900 Columns)
April 27, 2008: Junior Solar Sprint (Model Car Racing with Educational Objectives)
February 24, 2008: Conservationist for Kids (A NY DEC Publication for Elementary School Students)
January 27, 2008: Nature Ed-Ventures (Learning While Enjoying Wilderness)
November 11, 2007: In Memory of Herb Burgasser (A Remarkable Naturalist)
February 25, 2007: A School Robotics Team (The Newfane High School Circuit Stompers)
January 7, 2007: Science Olympiads (Students Compete in Science Activities)
September 3, 2006: Paper Folding (Britney Gallivan Earns an A)
April 16, 2006: Environmental Education Week (Activities at the Dr. Victor Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve)
February 5, 2006: The 2005-2006 Science Talent Search (Western New York is Missing)
September 25, 2005: The Enchanted Forest (Children Introduced to Nature)
September 4, 2005: Irresponsible Design (An appeal to school board members)
March 27, 2005: A Pseudoscience Course (University Students Investigate the Weird)
October 24, 2004: Richard Feynman (A Remarkable Teacher of Physics)
September 19, 2004: Tom Hudak (An Outstanding Herpetologist Visits Buffalo)
December 8, 2003: Holiday Books: 2003 (More Natural History Books for the Season)
November 24, 2003: The Agricultural Research Service (A Fine Agency Celebrates its Fiftieth Anniversary)
November 3, 2003: A New Biology Journal (PLoS Biology, an Important Web-based Science Resource)
November 2, 2003: Museum and Zoo (Zoo Flourishes while Museum is in a Tailspin)
June 16, 2003: Summer Reading: 2003 (A New Crop of Good Books for Naturalists)
December 9, 2002: Books for the Holidays (Some Presents for Nature Lovers)
September 2, 2002: Iroquois Observations (A Full Fall Program at Iroqouis National Wildlife Refuge)
August 26, 2002: What Time is It? (New Ways of Telling Time: Some Interesting But Don't Worry about Converting)
February 4, 2001: Museum Kids (Youngsters Whose Lives Were Changed by the Buffalo Museum of Science)
Amateurs Working with Illegal Venomous Snakes (A Community Concern)
December 10, 2001: Books for the 2001 Holidays (A Few of the Many Good Nature Books This Year)
Evolution (PBS Provides Eight Hours of Superb Television)
This Summer at the Buffalo Museum of Science (New Exhibits, New Life for an Old Museum)
Leading Field Trips (Joseph Cornell visits Buffalo)
Nature over the Airways (High Quality Programs on Radio)
Systematics (Kingdoms All Over the Place)
la Fontaine's Fables (Anthropomorphism Turned on Its Head)
Another Possible Y2K Glitch (February 29, 2000 May Create Problems)
Children's Logic (Are We Adults Holding Our Own?)
Creationism Kansas Style (Creationism Poses a Problem for Religion as well as Science)
Chautauqua Nature Pilgrimage (An Early August Program at the Chautauqua Institute)
Snow (Some Properties and a Recommended Student Project)
Stalking Science (A Syracuse University ESF Course for School Science Teachers)
Mammals Object Lesson (How to Capture the Attention of Elementary School Students)
Birding Contest (A National Competition for Middle and High School Students)
Kid Science (Children Explain Scientific Concepts)

Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

June 19, 2011: A DaVinci Exhibit (at the Buffalo Museum of Science)
January 30, 2011: The International Year of Chemistry (A year to celebrate achievements)
January 24, 2010: The Physical Quality of Snow (Water takes different forms)
November 8, 2009: Small Talk (Two books about the miniature to the microscopic)
November 9, 2008: Fly Research (Two researchers take up where Vincent Dethier left off)
April 27, 2008: Junior Solar Sprint (Model Car Racing with Educational Objectives)
March 8, 2008: March 14 is Pi Day (Celebrating an Omnipresent Mathematical Constant)
December 30, 2007: Leonhard Euler (300th Birth Year for an Extraordinary Mathematician)
February 25, 2007: A School Robotics Team (The Newfane High School Circuit Stompers)
September 3, 2006: Paper Folding (Britney Gallivan Earns an A)
August 27, 2006: Patents (Some Not So Great Slip Through)
March 5, 2006: Curling and Science (University Researchers Extend their Interest in an Olympic Sport)
March 7, 2004: Foucault's Pendulum (Proof that the Earth Rotates)

Fish

January 27, 2003: Assemblages of Animals (From Herds of Cattle to Parliaments of Rooks)
Underwater (Measuring Lake Qualities with a Senior Scientist)
Fishing Derby (Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge National Fishing Week Program for Kids)

Geography and Geology

November 4, 2012: On-Site Geology Teaching (Bringing Niagara Falls to Classrooms Live)
January 22, 2012: Maps (Reading favorites)
January 22, 2012: Maps (Reading favorites)
January 15, 2012: Our arid Southwest (A national problem)
September 26, 2011: A Nonagenarian's Earthquake (My brother reports in)
January 9, 2011: Old Time Well Drilling (A Depression story)
March 21, 2010: Another Gem Show (The Buffalo Geological Society's major annual event)
March 14, 2010: Joseph Ellicott (The man who mapped Western New York)
February 28, 2010: Onto the Ice (Ken Stewart takes ice measurements)
February 7, 2010: Fracking (A dangerous probe into the Marcellus Shale)
June 7, 2009: The US-Canada Borders (Two long pathways)
March 8, 2009: How New York State Got Its Shape (A complex history of surveys and treaties)
January 25, 2009: Second Thoughts about Native Americans (Robert Moses and the Tuscaroras)
December 21, 2008: Christmas-related Nature (Science and the Biblical gospels)
August 10, 2008 The Tungusta Event (A 100-year old episode shows that we are not safe)
June 8, 2008: Lake Erie Seiche (Wind Rocks the Water)
March 30, 2008: 2008 Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show (Focus This Year on Jade)
March 18, 2007: A Quarry Proposal Poses a Problem (A Mine Could Drain the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Marshes)
February 18, 2007: Mining Heat and Cold (Geothermal Energy an Important Alternate Resource)
June 25, 2006: Inconvenient Truths (Gore and Carson Face Similar Responses)
March 26, 2006: Wetlands (The Good and Bad of These Water Reservoirs)
February 27, 2005: A Whirlpool Story (An Experience in the Strait of Messina)
June 27, 2004: Blame It on Lake Tonawanda! (An Ancient Glacial Lake Creates Modern Problems)
September 23, 2002: Mammouth Cave (A Visit to a Kentucky Underground Wonderland)
August 26, 2002: What Time is It? (New Ways of Telling Time: Some Interesting But Don't Worry about Converting)
Cliff Ecology (Pre-Columbian Trees Found along the Niagara Escarpment)
Kettle Falls (A Hotel Deep in the Minnesota Canoe Country)
Triple Point (A Height of Land Overlooking Three Major Watersheds)
Journey to Planet Earth (An Outstanding Ecological Television Mini-Series)
Charles Ebert on Disasters (How We Respond to Today's Catastrophe and Yesterday's -- What Was It?)
Little Rock City (Spectacular Geology Hidden in the Woods)
Alfred Wegener (The First Proponent of Plate Tectonics)

History and Archaeology

June 17, 2012: Borderlands (New York- Pennsylvania ridge hike)
November 13, 2011: The Day the Sun Disappeared (A dark day in Buffalo)
August 28, 2011: Archaeological Dig (Students unearth pre-Columbian artifacts)
February 13, 2011: Harvesting Ice (From 1850 to 1940 a major industry)
January 9, 2011: Old Time Well Drilling (A Depression story)
December 19, 2010: The Christmas Tree (A centuries old tradition)
November 21: Circus Reprise (Good old days)
October 24, 2010: Nature of New York (Two fine books explore our past and future)
March 14, 2010: Joseph Ellicott (The man who mapped Western New York)
September 6, 2009: A Neutral Indian Nation is Lost (A bit of western New York history)
August 16, 2009: Indian Trail Trees (Signposts from the distant past)

Humor (or at least my attempts at it)

September 26, 2011: A Nonagenarian's Earthquake (My brother reports in)
July 12, 2009: On Falling (and tree bending)
December 23, 2007: Nature Pun and Games (Fractured English Occurs Here As Well)
November 4, 2007: The 2007 IgNobel Awards (Silly Science)
August 27, 2006: Patents (Some Not So Great Slip Through)
October 23, 2005: The 2005 Ig Nobel Prizes (The Underside of Science)
February 27, 2005: A Whirlpool Story (An Experience in the Strait of Messina)
December 22, 2003: My Family on Ice (A Father in Trouble)
August 11, 2003: Lobster Quadrille (Trials of a Rehabilitator)
August 19, 2002: Ogden Nash (A Delightful Poet Writes about Nature)
April 1, 2002: Urban Legends (An Appropriate Topic for April Fool's Day)
Anguished English (English vs. Natural History)
Whobbies (My Favorite Loon Story)
la Fontaine's Fables (Anthropomorphism Turned on Its Head)
Two Responses to Cabin Fever (Keep Up Your Spirits)
Profanetary (The Buffalo Ornithological Society's Lampoon Issue)
Raven Encounter (A Bird Proves Too Smart for Me)
Children's Logic (Are We Adults Holding Our Own?)
Dogs (Quotations about a Long Term Association)
Scientific Names (Taxonomists Have a Sense of Humor Too)
Amherst Ambrose (Our Neighborhood Woodchuck Meets Mrs. Rising)
Kid Science (Children Explain Scientific Concepts)
Cottontail (A Tough Life)
Dear Gary Larson (Scientists' Reactions)
Farside 1 , Farside 2 , Farside 3 , Farside 4 , Farside 5 ,
Farside 6 , Farside 7 , Farside 8 , Farside 9 , Farside 10
Mole (Sometimes Home Remedies Are Best)

Insects and Other Arthropods

April 21, 2013: Honeybee Problems (The Marie Celeste Syndrome)
August 19, 2012: Cicada Killers (A predatory wasp doesn't threaten us)
May 6, 2012: Lyme Disease (Watch out for ticks)
April 1, 2012: A Monarch Butterfly Pet (A crippled butterfly is sustained)
September 11, 2011: Butterfly Farm (A couple raises monarchs)
July 31, 2011: (Disappearing insect?)
May 30, 2010: Animal Gaits (and our own)
May 23, 2010: An E. O. Wilson novel (and another book about ants by Mark Moffett)
November 8, 2009: Small Talk (Two books about the miniature to the microscopic)
May 17, 2009: House Centipede (Basement friend)
November 9, 2008: Fly Research (Two researchers take up where Vincent Dethier left off)
August 17, 2008: Losing Our Ash Trees (The Emerald Ash Borer Closes In)
May 25, 2008: May in Species Names (Two Wildflowers and an Insect)
March 2, 2008: Bug Books (Two Outstanding Books on Insects)
December 10, 2006: Beautiful Moths (Huge Photographs Provide a Remarkable Record)
November 26, 2006: Myiasis (Human Experiences with Bot Flies)
August 13, 2006: Yellowjackets (An Increasing Problem as Summer Progresses)
July 23, 2006: Bluebird People (Providing Homes for these Lovely Birds)
July 16, 2006: Butterfly Count 2006 (A Day in Niagara County Fields and Woodlots)
July 9, 2006: Cuckoos (First Line of Defense against Caterpillars)
May 28, 2006: Cecropia (Our Largest Moth Emerges)
April 9, 2006: April Excitement (Spring Reactivates Nature)
November 20, 2005: Maggot Therapy (Bluebottle Flies to the Rescue)
August 28, 2005: Bloodsuckers (Leeches return to favor in medical practice)
May 29, 2005: Allen Benton (An ornithologist turns out to be a siphonapterist as well)
November 21, 2004: Bees and Beekeeping in Winter (Bees Defend against the Cold Aided by Beekeepers)
November 7, 2004; Death in a Meadow (Nature's Morticians)
October 10, 2004: Crickets (Autumn Music Replaces Summer Clamor)
August 1, 2004: Locust Plague (A Remarkable Story of Overabundance and Extinction)
March 28, 2004: Bed Bugs (Return of a Sleeping Problem)
February 23, 2004: New Orleans Disappearing (Formosan Termites Exact their Toll)
February 9, 2004: Honeybees and Land Mines (Another Service of Our Favorite Insect)
November 10, 2003:: The Woolly Bear (What Does this Insect Have to Say about the Coming Winter?)
June 30, 2003: Butterfly Book and Count (A Delightful Book and the Annual July Count of Butterflies)
May 12, 2003:The Peppered Moth Story Comes Unglued (A Body Blow to Some Evolutionists)
January 27, 2003: Assemblages of Animals (From Herds of Cattle to Parliaments of Rooks)
October 7, 2002: Daddy Longlegs (A Quite Remarkable Arachnid)
July 22, 2002: Dragonflies and Damselflies (An Attractive Field of Interest)
June 10, 2002: Bumblebee Queen (Busy as a Bee Makes Sense Here)
March 25, 2002: Insect Flight Myths (Faster than a Speeding Bullet?)
March 11, 2002: Two Saints vs. Wildlife (St. Peter's Snakes and St. Urho's Grasshoppers)
February 25, 2002: Snow in Mexico (80 Million Monarch Butterflies Killed)
February 11, 2002: Head Lice (A Medical, not a Social Problem)
More on Monarchs (Lincoln Brower Brings Us Up-To-Date at the Buffalo Museum of Science)
October 22, 2001: Ladybug Reprise (More of Those House-Invading Asian Lady Beetles)
Mosquitos (Don't Let Down Our Guard)
This Summer at the Buffalo Museum of Science (New Exhibits, New Life for an Old Museum)
Bugs in Our System (The Original Computer Bug and Others)
The Blush Spider is on the Loose (Check your Toilet Seats!)
Entomological Storyteller (Gilbert Waldbauer Visits Buffalo)
A Burrowing Crayfish (A Newcomer to Western New York)
The European Giant Hornet (A Gentle Giant Visits Grand Island)
The Halloween Ladybug (An Alien Lady Bird Beetle Brings Tricks as Well as Treats)
Associates (The Partnership of Giant Swallowtails and Hop Trees)
Buzz Words (Insects Invade our Language)
Summer Natural History Reading (Books for Relaxation)
The Asian Longhorned Beetle (An Alien Insect Monster on the Loose)
Vernal Pools (As Important as They are Ephemeral)
Mickey Mouse Bugs (Moth Flies Invade Our House Again)
Giant Water Bug (A Toe Biter on the Loose)
Bad Beetles (Attacks by Alien Coleopterans)
Human Insect Attraction (Do We Really Differ in Our Problems with Insects?)
Insect Songs (Katydids and Allies Enhance our Dog Days)
Rare Butterfly (A Mystery with an Instructive Solution)
Books for Vacation Reading (Beasts, Bugs, Birds and a Seneca Statesman)
Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Garden (Hummingbird Feeders and Plants for Hummers and Butterflies)
Ten Easily Identified Butterflies (A Beginners List of Common Species)
Mite vs. Mite (Research Botanists Find Another Way to Protect Our Orchards)
Uninvited Guests (Insects that Visit Our Homes in Winter)
The Spiders' Christmas (A Polish Christmas Story)
Tiger Beetles (An Entomological Tiger Hunt)
Save Your Money (Butterfly Boxes and Bug Zappers Do Not Do Their Job)
13-Year and 17-Year Periodical Cicadas (This Year a Few Counties in Missouri and Oklahoma Have Both)
Spider Bite (A Frightening Experience with a Suspected Brown Recluse Spider Bite)
Mayflies (Two Months Late in 1997)
Blackflies (The Bad Bugs of June in the North Woods)
Firefly Light (Earning Your Way Into Extinction)
Bug in the House (Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis)
Tarantella (Italian Spiders)
Urquhart at 85 (Monarch Man)
Angels and Insects (A Book and a Film Both Do It Right)
Ichneumon (Superwasp)
Screw-worm (Cochliomyia hominivorax)
The Tent Makers (Tent Caterpillar, Melacosoma americanum)
Fireflies (Caleb Murphy Chases the Lights)
February 21, 1994: Winter Insects (On a Visit to Deer Run Nature Preserve)
Praying Mantis (Nature Lessons Don't Always Turn Out as Expected)
September 28, 1992: Spiderweb (A Garden Spider at Work)
February 24, 1992: Insect Antifreeze (How Some Insects Defend Against the Cold)

Mammals

December 30, 2012: A Salute to my Readers in 2012 (Catching up on correspondence)
October 14, 2012: A Wandering Cougar (Did this puma pass our way?)
September 2, 2012: Nature Wars (Beavers join deer and geese as problem animals)
May 20, 2012: Animal Skulls (The Role of Teeth)
December 18, 2011: Beaver return to Beaver Meadow (Plenty of room for them there)
December 18, 2011: Beaver return to Beaver Meadow (Plenty of room for them there)
September 4, 2011: Pet Predation (Small pets in danger)
August 7, 2011: Jim Collins' Moles (A cheap solution)
May 8, 2011: "Rats" in our Parklands (A serious problem)
September 19, 2010: Tifft Nature Preserve (A sanctuary manager addresses botanical problems)
June 13, 2010: Fishers (Return of a woodland denizen)
May 30, 2010: Animal Gaits (and our own)
May 16, 2010: Birding a university campus (University at Buffalo natural areas)
January 31, 2010: Groundhog Day Math (Waking from a deep sleep)
December 20, 2009: Wild Boars in Western New York (An unwelcome addition to our regional wildlife)
November 29, 2009 Bats in Trouble (A survey will provide baseline data)
November 1, 2009: Our Next Visitor? (What next after bears invade Buffalo?)
September 27, 2009: The Star-nosed Mole (A strange-looking beast)
July 20, 2008: Coyote (A Rarely Seen but Increasingly Important Local Mammal)
March 16, 2008: Priorities (Cat Protection vs. Bird Protection)
January 20, 2008: Moose on the Loose (A Recent Addition to the Fauna of New York State)
December 9, 2007: Armadillo (A Cross between a Turtle and an Accordion)
March 19, 2006: Squirrel Contest (Fighting the Good Fight)
June 19, 2005: Chronic Wasting Disease (Our State Deer Herd is Endangered -- and We May Be Too)
May 22, 2005: Research at Marineland (Canisius College Students Enjoy Special Opportunities)
April 3, 2005: Possum in Winter (Rough Going for a Half-Hardy Mammal)
January 30, 2005: Groundhog Day (Some Background for this Silly Prediction)
November 7, 2004; Death in a Meadow (Nature's Morticians)
August 29, 2004: How Many Birds Do Cats Kill? (Some Recent Information about Bird Mortality)
August 22, 2004: Big Animals (The Buffalo Zoo's Elephants and Rhinos)
August 15, 2004: Veterinarians (Animals Receive Outstanding Care)
July 18, 2004: The Beast in the Garden (A New Book Suggests that Cougars Create Problems)
January 26, 2004: Civet Cats (Animals in the News)
September 8, 2003: Skunks (One of Our Too Much Maligned Mammals)
February 24, 2003: The House Mouse ("The Second Most Successful Mammal on Earth")
January 27, 2003: Assemblages of Animals (From Herds of Cattle to Parliaments of Rooks)
December 2, 2002: Patricia Chapple Wright (An Honored Primatologist from Western New York)
November 11, 2002: A Carnivore Website (Some Selections from an Excellent Resource)
August 5, 2002: African Lion Safari (Behind the Scenes at a Wildlife Reserve)
June 24, 2002: Scary Bear (Museum Remounts its Huge Brown Bear)
February 18, 2001: Lynx Troubles (A Major Attack on Wildlife Biologists in the Northwest)
January 14, 2002: Walking on Snow (Humans Match Up Quite Well)
January 7, 2002: Pukak (Winter Life Continues Under the Snow)
Farmers' Adversity (Foot-and-Mouth Disease the Latest Threat)
The Living Wild (Conservationists Speak Out Beside a Photographer's Spectacular Pictures)
West Nile Virus Reprise (The Virus Spreads Across New York State)
Flying Squirrels (A Remarkable Adaptation for a Beautiful Animal)
Joseph Merritt (A Mammologist for All Seasons)
Chipmunk (One-on-one with a Denizen of the Forest)
Bats 'R' Us -- Almost (Remaking Ourselves as Bats)
Bats and Rabies (New York Health Authorities Attack Our Most Beneficial Animal)
Medical Research with Animals (Some Concerns about P.E.T.A.'s Latest Escapades)
Llamas (These Gentle Animals Are Becoming Popular Pets)
Porcupine (Adventures with Quill Pigs)
Dogs (Quotations about a Long Term Association)
Bears Can Be Dangerous (Some Warnings Derived from the Black Bear Attacks Reported in 1998)
Books for Vacation Reading (Beasts, Bugs, Birds and a Seneca Statesman)
Weasels Reprise (Readers' Experiences with Weasels)
Weasels (The Villain in the Woodpile)
Giraffes (A Zoo Visit and a New Book)
Cats and Wildlife (Our Most Destructive Carnivore)
Opossum (Not Much To Look At But A Most Remarkable Beast)
Mammals Object Lesson (How to Capture the Attention of Elementary School Students)
Amherst Ambrose (Our Neighborhood Woodchuck Meets Mrs. Rising)
Two Mice and a Shrew (How to Identify Three Home Invaders)
Math Land (Isle Royale Moose, Alces alces, and Wolf, Canus lupus)
Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Coon Hunt (Into Alabama Swamps)
The Seven Sleepers (Snoozing Through the Winter)
Mole (Sometimes Home Remedies Are Best)

Naturalists

October 21, 2012: Nature Blogger (Sue Barth records events and photos)
September 30, 2012: Jesse Kregal, Conservationist (Leader in the Scajaquada Trail development)
September 9, 2012: Ernst Both 1930-2012 (We lose a gentleman scientist)
November 20, 2011: Duke (My best friend departs)
June 19, 2011: A DaVinci Exhibit (at the Buffalo Museum of Science)
May 29, 2011: Three Lost Friends (Brief episodes salute missing colleagues)
October 31, 2010: Len Rusin's Art Show (Bring back personal memories)
August 15, 2010: Woodlawn Beach Science (Wetlands have real value)
August 1, 2010: A Grassland Preserve (Two Naturalists Rescue a Threatened Area)
July 25, 2010: An easy way to explore (Friends do it for me)
May 23, 2010: An E. O. Wilson novel (and another book about ants by Mark Moffett)
February 28, 2010: Onto the Ice (Ken Stewart takes ice measurements)
February 21, 2010: Weather Helpers (Local measurements extend Weather Bureau data)
October 25, 2009: Norman Borlaug (Our world's greatest lifesaver)
April 4, 2009: Galileo at 400 (Celebration of his first astronomical discoveries)
March 22, 2009: Studying Migration (Bridget Stutchbury's research on Wood Thrushes and Purple Martins)
March 15, 2009: Living Waters (Margaret Wooster spotlights regional problems)
March 1, 2009: A Salute to Patricia Eckel (An internationally honored botanical artist)
October 5, 2008: Elon Howard Eaton: Part 2 (More about one of New York's finest ornithologists)
September 21: Elon Howard Eaton: Part 1 (A Major Figure in the History of New York State Ornithology)
July 13, 2008: Stephen Eaton Moves to Pennsylvania (New York Loses an Important Biologist)
February 17, 2008: Dr. Robert Andrle (An Ornithological Statistician Steps Down)
November 25, 2007: Rachael Carson Reprise (Reactionary Attacks Really on Environmental Activism)
November 11, 2007: In Memory of Herb Burgasser (A Remarkable Naturalist)
August 5, 2007: In Memoriam: Lady Bird Johnson (One of our Finest First Ladies)
July 1, 2007: Snake Man (Norman Ives' Life in Nature)
June 3, 2007: Rachel Carson (100th Birthday of an Environmental Pioneer)
April 22, 2007: Tim Horst (Honoring an Iroquois Observations Leader)
April 8, 2007: Mr. Earth Day (Denis Hayes visits Buffalo) li> March 11, 2007: We Lose a Conservation Hero (In Memory of Bruce Kershner)
February 11, 2007: The Voyage of the Beagle (Darwin's Formative Adventure Sailing Around the World)
January 14, 2007: Prairie Home Naturalists (The MacDonalds Join Garrison Keillor's Cruises)
February 26, 2006: Riverkeeper (Lynda Schneekloth Speaks Out for the Niagara River Greenway)
January 29, 2006: John Sillick Tribute (A Library Corner is Dedicated to this Good Friend)
January 15, 2006: The Nature Fakers (John Burroughs and Teddy Roosevelt Take On Ernest Thompson Seton and William Long)
December 4, 2005: Community Activists (People Who Stand Up to Powerful Interests Aren't Always Welcomed)
September 11, 2005: A Busy Weekend (Mid-September activities on the Niagara Frontier)
December 19, 2004: Leadership Changes at the Iroquois Refuge (Bob Lamoy retires; Tom Roster takes over)
November 28, 2004: Birding Babylon (A Soldier-Naturalist in Iraq)
October 24, 2004: Richard Feynman (A Remarkable Teacher of Physics)
August 15, 2004: Veterinarians (Animals Receive Outstanding Care)
July 25, 2004: Beatrix Potter (A Victorian Naturalist)
July 11, 2004: Ernst Mayr at 100 (Happy Birthday to an Important Scientist)
September 22, 2003: John Sillick (Our Community Loses an Important Voice and I Lose a Dear Friend)
March 10, 2003: Allan Klonick 1921-2003 (Another Fine Friend Departs)
March 3, 2003: Environmentalists Get No Respect (Speak Up and Critics Come Out of the Woodwork)
January 6, 2003: The First American (The Best of our Best was a Scientist as Well as a Politician)
December 2, 2002: Patricia Chapple Wright (An Honored Primatologist from Western New York)
July 8, 2002: Two Lost Friends (Two Very Different People Leave Me Saddened)
July 1, 2002: Cascadilla Creek (A Thoughtful Poet Writes About a Tompkins County Stream)
October 29, 2001: Underwater (Measuring Lake Qualities with a Senior Scientist)
October 15, 2001: Johnny Appleseed (A Closer Look at a Frontier Entrepreneur)
Evolution (PBS Provides Eight Hours of Superb Television)
Buffalo has Good Guys Too (Two Buffalonians Make Audubon Magazine)
Dennis Puleston (Death of a National Conservation Hero)
Leading Field Trips (Joseph Cornell visits Buffalo)
The Living Wild (Conservationists Speak Out Beside a Photographer's Spectacular Pictures)
The 2000 Buffalo Museum of Science Lectures (Niles Eldredge to Speak on Evolution and Extinction)
Joseph Merritt (A Mammologist for All Seasons)
Summer Natural History Reading (Books for Relaxation)
la Fontaine's Fables (Anthropomorphism Turned on Its Head)
Cliff Ecology (Pre-Columbian Trees Found along the Niagara Escarpment)
Georg Wilhelm Steller (A Russian Naturalist on the Bering Expedition to Alaska)
Books for Vacation Reading (Beasts, Bugs, Birds and a Seneca Statesman)
Missing Charles Sibley (A Fine Avian Systematist and Good Personal Friend is Gone)
The Baltimore Case (A New Look at a Miscarriage of Academic Justice)
Shackleton in Antarctica (There are Worse Things than Cabin Fever in Buffalo)
Charles Ebert on Disasters (How We Respond to Today's Catastrophe and Yesterday's -- What Was It?)
The Cell from Hell (Science Fiction or Science Fact?)
Groundskeeper (Changing a University Monoculture)
Scientific Names (Taxonomists Have a Sense of Humor Too)
Arbor Day (Nebraska Gets the Ball Rolling)
Two More Local Nature Stores (Census of Outdoor Sports Underscores Interest in Wildlife Watching)
Kid Science (Children Explain Scientific Concepts)
North American Explorer Andre Michaux (A Lewis and Clark Precursor)
Naturalist Superstars (Eisner and Fowler Visit Buffalo)
Beach Sweep Reprise (A Remarkable Local Volunteer)
Banding Station (Non-Professionals Contribute to Science)
James Bond (The Real 007)
Charles Darwin (Should We Continue to Degrade a Remarkable Scientist?)
Honored Friends (Harold Axtell and Joe Taylor)
Captain Cook (Explorer and Cartographer)
Alfred Wegener (The First Proponent of Plate Tectonics)
Dear Gary Larson (Scientists' Reactions)
Mead Misfortune (Margaret Mead and a Samoan Hoax)

Nature Spots on the Niagara Frontier

November 4, 2012: On-Site Geology Teaching (Bringing Niagara Falls to Classrooms Live)
Octber 7, 2012: Differing Perspectives (A Visit to East Aurora)
June 26, 2011: The DeVeaux Woods (Small but quite remarkable)
December 12, 2010: The Roger Tory Peterson Institute Harper Exhibit (Remarkable paintings)
April 25, 2010: Town of Lockport Nature Trail (Austin Park)
August 30, 2009: Western New York's Southern Tier (A delightful place to visit)
August 16, 2009: Indian Trail Trees (Signposts from the distant past)
March 15, 2009: Living Waters (Margaret Wooster spotlights regional problems)
January 4, 2009: Depression Stories (Some benefits to Upstate New York)
August 24, 2008: The Michigan Fiasco (Animal cruelty at Niagara Falls)
September 23, 2007: Scajaquada Creek (Lovely Stream or City Sewer?)
July 29, 2007: Riverkeeper Tours (An Important Conservation Organization Keeps Us Informed)
September 24, 2006: Tree Memorials (A Grove Honoring 9/11 Victims)
June 4, 2006: Twenty Minutes on a Bridge (A Quiet Spot in Amherst State Park)
May 14, 2006: New Nature Trails (Times Beach and Swallow Hollow Now Open)
April 16, 2006: Environmental Education Week (Activities at the Dr. Victor Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve)
November 13, 2005: Hunter's Creek Park (An Erie County Conservation Park)
August 21, 2005: The Pfeiffer Nature Center (A Southern Tier Enhancement)
March 6, 2005: Suggestions for Novice Naturalists (How to Get Started Studying Natural History)
December 26, 2004: Deer Lick (Hiking through a Nature Preserve in Early Winter)
January 12, 2004: A Problem with US-Canada Birding ("Hands up!")
December 15, 2003: Nature View Park (A Plea to the Amherst Town Board)
September 29, 2003: Buffalo's Olmsted Parks: III (I Finish My Tour of These Graceful Parklands)
September 1, 2003: Buffalo's Olmsted Parks: II (Parks and Parkways)
August 25, 2003: Buffalo's Olmsted Parks: I (The City at its Best)
July 14, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 4 (Parks in Cheektowaga, Lancaster and Clarence)
June 23, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 3 (Trails in Amherst, Tonawanda's Canalway and the Tonawanda-Buffalo Riverwalk)
June 9, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 2 (Akron Falls and Beeman Creek Parks)
May 26, 2003: Erie County Parklands: 1 (Clarence and Newstead Bikepaths)
February 3, 2003: Times Beach (Time to Get Going on a Long Overdue Conservation Project)
October 21, 2002: A Correspondent's Summer (Carl Carbone's Family Natural History Experiences)
August 12, 2002: Genesee Country Village (Animal Art at a 19th Century Village Re-creation)
August 5, 2002: African Lion Safari (Behind the Scenes at a Wildlife Reserve)
Museum Kids (Youngsters Whose Lives Were Changed by the Buffalo Museum of Science)
November 19, 2001: Erie Canal End-to-End (Two Fine Books Celebrate My Achievement)
October 29, 2001: Underwater (Measuring Lake Qualities with a Senior Scientist)
October 1, 2001: Chautauqua County Rails-to-Trails Pathways (New York State Has Rural Areas as Well as Urban)
September 24, 2001: Reinstein Woods (A Week of Activities in an Important Nature Sanctuary)
Septembe 3, 2001: Around Lake Ontario (A Delightful Moped Ride)
This Summer at the Buffalo Museum of Science (New Exhibits, New Life for an Old Museum)
Great Lakes Surfing (An Unexpected Freshwater Sport)
Fire Tower (Saving a Landmark)
Marcy's Woods (A Unique Canadian Refuge under Threat)
Autumn Leaves (New York Fall Colors Seem Normal Despite Our Long Drought)
Cliff Ecology (Pre-Columbian Trees Found along the Niagara Escarpment)
Giraffes (A Zoo Visit and a New Book)
Miscellaneous Notes (Western New York Natural Areas)
Second Outing on the Seaway Trail (Cruising by Moped)
Griffis Sculpture Park (A Remarkable Art Exhibition in a Natural Setting)
A Visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake (Biking along the Niagara River to Lake Ontario)
A Visit to Allenberg Bog (Winter Surveying Adventures)
The Hamlin Lake Watch (Over 300,000 Waterfowl on Lake Ontario)
Autumn on the Seaway Trail (Slackbiking Along the Lake Erie Shore)
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (A Place for Naturalists as Well as Hunters)
The Penn-Dixie Quarry (A Remarkable Paleontological Site)
Little Rock City (Spectacular Geology Hidden in the Woods)
Reinstein Woods (A Remarkable Suburban Sanctuary)

Politics

October 28, 2012: Science and Politics (Candidates should make evident their scientific views)
December 26, 2010: A Small Farm (A delicate balance in Wyoming County)
November 7, 2010: Firing the NY DEC Commissioner (A sad affair)
June 21, 2009: A Nation of Sheep (We cannot stand up to heavily financed false ad campaigns)
January 25, 2009: Second Thoughts about Native Americans (Robert Moses and the Tuscaroras)
Rachael Carson Reprise (Reactionary Attacks Really on Environmental Activism)
October 14, 2007: Front Yard Gardens -- Yes! (Anything but Lawns)
September 9, 2007: The Open-Space Alternative to Suburban Build-Out (Residential Development Costs Taxpayers)
July 29, 2007: Riverkeeper Tours (An Important Conservation Organization Keeps Us Informed)
June 10, 2007: Debating Creationists (and a New Resource for Teachers)
September 24, 2006: Tree Memorials (A Grove Honoring 9/11 Victims)
June 25, 2006: Inconvenient Truths (Gore and Carson Face Similar Responses)
June 18, 2006: Hunter-Wildlife Watcher Cooperation (One Way: Purchase a Duck Stamp)
April 2, 2006: Nature View Park (A Park Plays a Pivotal Political Role)
February 26, 2006: Riverkeeper (Lynda Schneekloth Speaks Out for the Niagara River Greenway)
December 4, 2005: Community Activists (People Who Stand Up to Powerful Interests Aren't Always Welcomed)
November 6, 2005: Nature View Park Politics (Legal High Jinks Delay Park Progress)
September 4, 2005: Irresponsible Design (An appeal to school board members)
October 31, 2004: The State of the Environment (Some Issues to Consider before Voting)
May 9, 2004: Wind Turbines and Birders (An Unnecessary Confrontation)
November 24, 2003: The Agricultural Research Service (A Fine Agency Celebrates its Fiftieth Anniversary)
November 2, 2003: Museum and Zoo (Zoo Flourishes while Museum is in a Tailspin)
May 12, 2003:The Peppered Moth Story Comes Unglued (A Body Blow to Some Evolutionists)
March 31, 2003: Protecting Our Health (Our Legislators Let Us Down Again)
March 3, 2003: Environmentalists Get No Respect (Speak Up and Critics Come Out of the Woodwork)
February 17, 2003: Fat Litigation (McDonald's May Not Be Off the Hook)
Two Movies (Bowling for Columbine excellent; Adaptation rotten)
January 20, 2003: Scientists and Politions (Coming at Science from Differing Traditions)
August 26, 2002: What Time is It? (New Ways of Telling Time: Some Interesting But Don't Worry about Converting)
July 22, 2002: Ecoterrorism (Misdirected Animal Rights Contributions Support Serious Crimes)
April 8, 2002: Dangerous Wildlife Legislation Goes Too Far (A Good Start But This Bill Needs Careful Revision)
February 18, 2002: Lynx Troubles (A Major Attack on Wildlife Biologists in the Northwest)
December 3, 2001: The Demise of a Nature Center (Sadly Some Conservationists Share the Blame)
September 13, 1999: Creationism Kansas Style (Creationism Poses a Problem for Religion as well as Science)

Pseudoscience

March 31, 2013: April 1: The Fox Sisters (The Birth of Spiritualism)
June 10, 2007: Debating Creationists (and a New Resource for Teachers)
April 1, 2007: Disease Mongering (Important Drugs are Being Abused)
January 15, 2006: The Nature Fakers (John Burroughs and Teddy Roosevelt Take On Ernest Thompson Seton and William Long)
December 18, 2005: Snake Oil Salesman (A Book NOT to Buy)
September 4, 2005: Irresponsible Design (An appeal to school board members)
March 27, 2005: A Pseudoscience Course (University Students Investigate the Weird)
March 31, 2003: Protecting Our Health (Our Legislators Let Us Down Again)
April 1, 2002: Urban Legends (An Appropriate Topic for April Fool's Day)
Autism (Some Psychologists Make Matters Worse for Families)
Voodoo Science:2 Homeopathy (Another Example of People Hoodwinking Themselves)
Voodoo Science 1: Vitamin O (April Foolishness Comes Early This Year)
Creationism Kansas Style (Creationism Poses a Problem for Religion as well as Science)
The Baltimore Case (A New Look at a Miscarriage of Academic Justice)
Save Your Money (Butterfly Boxes and Bug Zappers Do Not Do Their Job)
Was the Titanic Sinking Foretold? (Another April Fool Example of Pseudoscience)
Mead Misfortune (Samoan Hoax)

Reader Responses

December 30, 2012: A Salute to my Readers in 2012 (Catching up on correspondence)
January 1, 2012: Readers in 2011 (Thanks to many correspondents)
January 1, 2012: Readers in 2011 (Thanks to many correspondents)
January 2, 2011: 2010 Readers (A few of the hundreds)
January 3, 2010: Readers in 2009 (Responses to many contacts)
December 28, 2008: Readers in 2008 (A few responses)
January 6, 2008: 2007 Correspondents (Thanks for Interesting Messages and Support)
December 31, 2006: 2006 Correspondents (A Few Responses to Readers)
January 1, 2006: A Salute to 2005 Readers (A Rich Variety of Welcome but Almost Overwhelming Responses)
January 2, 2005: Readers in 2004 (Iraq Soldier, Cross-country Hiker, Canoe for Chestnuts, Handling Dead Birds, WNV and Crows, Perry's Luck, Eagles Return, Bell-ringing Jay)
January 5, 2004: Readers in 2003 (Outpouring of Affection for John Sillick, Bird Handling, Wellman Geneology)
December 30, 2002: Readers in 2002 (Loss of Crows, Bird Feeding, Exotic Butterfly Release)
December 31, 2001: Readers in 2001 (Southern Tier Marker and Trail, Bird Identification Requests, Late-blooming Wildflowers, September 11)
January 15, 2001: Readers in 2000 (Snowfall Correction, Flying Squirrel Photograph, Animal Intelligence, Unusual Winter Birds, a Hummingbird Feeder, Crows and Coyotes Cooperating, Homeopathy, PETA)
Readers in 1999 (Bike Hike, Mullein, Animal and Bird Population Changes, the "Two-headed Sparrow")
Readers in 1998 (ABA Commendations for Tiede and Greenmun, Cormorant Kills)
Readers in 1997 (Shulock Calendar, Creationism, Mainland US North of Canada, Hogweed, Albino Animals, Collecting Milkweed for Kapok during World War II)

Reptiles, Amphibians and Dinosaurs

September 16, 2012: Timber Rattlesnakes (Encounters with an endangered species)
August 9, 2009: Dangerous Southlands (Alligators and Burmese pythons inhabit Southern marshes)
July 19, 2009: Turtle Research (Ed Scandura's students study diamondback tortoises and spotted turtles)
The Yellow-spotted Salamander (A common woodland resident, rarely seen)
July 1, 2007: Snake Man (Norman Ives' Life in Nature)
September 10, 2006: Snakes (Frank Hudak's Experiences)
April 9, 2006: April Excitement (Spring Reactivates Nature)
April 24: Swamp Songs (Frogs and Toads Enliven Our Evenings)
September 19, 2004: Tom Hudak (An Outstanding Herpetologist Visits Buffalo)
May 2, 2004: The American Toad (A Welcome Neighbor)
April 25, 2004: Reptile House (A Great Part of the Buffalo Zoo)
April 8, 2002: Dangerous Wildlife Legislation Goes Too Far (A Good Start But This Bill Needs Careful Revision)
March 11, 2002: Two Saints vs. Wildlife (St. Peter's Snakes and St. Urho's Grasshoppers)
Amateurs Working with Illegal Venomous Snakes (A Community Concern)
Robot Reptiles at the Buffalo Museum (Snake Expert Harry Greene to Speak)
The Living Wild (Conservationists Speak Out Beside a Photographer's Spectacular Pictures)
Vernal Pools (As Important as They are Ephemeral)
A Chipping Sparrow with Two Heads (And a Two-headed Black Rat Snake)
The Lost World (A Jurassic Park Rip-Off)
A Brother (Pet Turtles)
The Penn-Dixie Quarry (A Remarkable Paleontological Site)
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

Travel

December 23, 2012: Birdwatching in the Koreas (A visit to the Orient)
August 2, 2009: Colorado Camp (Remarkable birds in just one tree)
July 26, 2009: Colorado Trip (Driving Rocky Mountain highways)
September 14, 2008: A Trip to Guantanamo (Two Odd Experiences)
July 22, 2007: Birding in Florida (Seeing Some Southern Summer Species)
October 1, 2006: Bus Ride (A Trip South Elicits Memories)
December 25, 2005: A Christmas Homecoming (From the Mediterranean to Upstate New York)
February 27, 2005: A Whirlpool Story (An Experience in the Strait of Messina)
October 17, 2004: Lake Champlain (A Visit to Our History)
September 26: Oliver Hazard Perry (A Most Fortunate Hero)
May 23, 2004: West Virginia (Great Birding, Great Scenery and Great People)
September 23, 2002: Mammouth Cave (A Visit to a Kentucky Underground Wonderland)
August 26, 2002: What Time is It? (New Ways of Telling Time: Some Interesting But Don't Worry about Converting)
November 19, 2001: Erie Canal End-to-End (Two Fine Books Celebrate My Achievement)
Around Lake Ontario (A Delightful Moped Ride)
The Pig War (An Interesting and Little Known Incident in Canadian-American History)
North Country Odyssey (Nature Conservancy in Action)
A Day in the Adirondacks (A Visit to Spring Lake Bog)
Summer Natural History Reading (Books for Relaxation)
A Day in the Adirondacks (A Visit to Spring Lake Bog)
Lark Bunting (An Unusual Appearance on the Niagara Frontier Brings Back Memories)
Kettle Falls (A Hotel Deep in the Minnesota Canoe Country)
Cherry Blossom Festival (Our Nation's Capital Bathed in Pastels)
My Life in the Circus (Working for Coast-to-Coast Charlie)
Second Outing on the Seaway Trail (Cruising by Moped)
Manitoulin Island (A Too Brief Visit to a Canadian Wonderland)
Griffis Sculpture Park (A Remarkable Art Exhibition in a Natural Setting)
Relaxing in Alabama/a> (With a Little Excitement Thrown In)
A Visit to Merritt Island, Florida (Some Differences between Northern and Southern Birding)
Amelia Island in Winter (A Walk along a Florida Barrier Beach)
Route 20 in Winter (A Drive Through Some of New York State's Finest Scenery)
Autumn on the Seaway Trail (Slackbiking Along the Lake Erie Shore)
Cherokee Lands (Some Thoughts about the Early History of Alabama)
A Visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake (Biking along the Niagara River to Lake Ontario)
Clepsydra (Sailing the Carolinas on the Intracoastal Waterway)
Isle Royale (Wilderness Backpacking)
Algonquin (Late Winter Visit to the Far North)
Montana Expedition (The Far Country)
Martha's Vineyard (Historic Barrier Island)
Tidelands (Atlantic Shores)
Coon Hunt (Into Alabama Swamps)

Weather

January 15, 2012: Our arid Southwest (A national problem)
January 15, 2012: Our arid Southwest (A national problem)
November 13, 2011: The Day the Sun Disappeared (A dark day in Buffalo)
February 13, 2011: Harvesting Ice (From 1850 to 1940 a major industry)
November 14, 2010: Preparing for Winter (We are fortunate)
August 22, 2010: Lightning (Beautiful but dangerous)
July 4, 2010: Extreme Weather (Climate change has serious effects)
February 28, 2010: Onto the Ice (Ken Stewart takes ice measurements)
February 21, 2010: Weather Helpers (Local measurements extend Weather Bureau data)
January 31, 2010: Groundhog Day Math (Waking from a deep sleep)
January 24, 2010: The Physical Quality of Snow (Water takes different forms)
September 14, 2008: A Trip to Guantanamo (Two Odd Experiences)
June 8, 2008: Lake Erie Seiche (Wind Rocks the Water)
May 8, 2005: The Strange Fahrenheit Scale (Why are Freezing 32 Degrees and Boiling 212 Degrees?)
March 20, 2005: Sundogs (One of Many Atmospherics)
January 23, 2005: Ice (Memories of this Feature of Northern Winters)
January 19, 2004: 19th Century Blizzards (Tougher Times)
December 29, 2003: Halcyon Days (How the Kingfisher Got Its Latin Name)
October 20, 2003: Hurricane Birds (Hurricane Isabel Does Us Two Favors)
April 14, 2003: Steam Devils and Waterspouts (Strange Tornado-like Lake Phenomena)
January 20, 2003: Scientists and Politions (Coming at Science from Differing Traditions)
December 16, 2002: Snowflake Bentley (An Exhibit of his Work is at the Buffalo Museum)
January 14, 2002: Walking on Snow (Humans Match Up Quite Well)
January 7: Pukak (Winter Life Continues Under the Snow)
First Snowfall (The Onset of Winter on the Niagara Frontier)
Tornado Alley (Monster Storms of the Great Plains)
The Blizzard of '77 (Storm of the Century for Western New York)
Shackleton in Antarctica (There are Worse Things than Cabin Fever in Buffalo)
Snow (Some Properties and a Recommended Student Project)
Charles Ebert on Disasters (How We Respond to Today's Catastrophe and Yesterday's -- What Was It?)
Wilderness Sometimes Wins (Tough Times in the Early Virginia Colonies Caused by Drought)
Hail (The Harder They Fall)
Growing Degree Days (Is This Really Spring?)
Neutral Colors (Late Winter Colors)
Weather Modification (Playing God?)
Lake Effect (Early Winter Great Lakes Storm Systems)

Miscellaneous Essays

April 10, 2011: A New Decade (Reminiscing:2)
April 3, 2011: Twenty Years of Columns (Reminiscing:1)
Nora Lindell's Essay on Latin Pronunciation
Races of Canada Geese
From Weeds to Names to Linnaeus (How We Designate the Plants and Animals)
Honeycomb (The Honeybee as a Design Engineer)
The History of Rhubarb (An Unusual Plant with a Remarkable History as a Pharmaceutical)
Montana Expedition (The Far Country)
Two Trips (Outdoors with Youngsters)
Longitude (Where Am I?)
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture: Interlude (Thoughts about Graduates and Parents)