MIGHTY MITE

MIGHTY MITE

Big things come in small packages, we’re told… and if you’d like some evidence to support that theory, boy-howdy, have I got a potent little parcel for you — the Golden-Crowned Kinglet!

FISHING FOR THE RIGHT TOOL

FISHING FOR THE RIGHT TOOL

BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Strolling through Lafayette Park early one evening, I took note of the usual suspects distributed along the edge of the centerpiece man-made lake as they waited patiently for red-and-white bobbers to disappear below the surface. The...
POLE-SITTERS

POLE-SITTERS

BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Great-Uncle Al was a creative man. A resourceful non-conformist.  That’s a euphemistic way of saying he was a hustler. Al never let logic or credentials stand between him and the chance to earn some cash. His resumé, so to speak, read like a...
NUTCRACKER SUITE

NUTCRACKER SUITE

BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Ever wonder why hens’ teeth (and any other kind of avian teeth for that matter) are rare? It’s because teeth are heavy. That’s a problem if you live life on the wing but can’t use a knife and fork to cut your meals up into easy-to-swallow...