by Kieran Lindsey | Oct 23, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD It seems to happen once each century. In 1775 the Redcoats showed up in Boston, the Beatles made a big splash about 200 years later in 1964, and in the sweet-spot in-between the House Sparrows (Passer domestics) arrived. It’s difficult to...
by Kieran Lindsey | Oct 2, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD I was rather surprised to hear a soft, kittenish mewing as I walked through the park. Sure, I see free-roaming cats around the neighborhood from time to time but I can’t think of a single instance when I’ve spotted one in the park...
by Kieran Lindsey | Sep 11, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Arrrggghhh! I can NOT get that song out of my head!! I don’t know where I heard it, maybe on the grocery store’s Music to Inspire Endcap Impulse Purchases station. It’s familiar but definitely not a favorite. I have eclectic...
by Kieran Lindsey | Aug 7, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD The melody seeped into my REM cycle, making me just lucid enough to believe someone was singing a cappella outside my window. But my sleep-clouded brain couldn’t make out the words and I didn’t recognize the voice either. Besides, who would want...
by Kieran Lindsey | Aug 1, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD Everyone has their own personal markers of summer—the flash of a firefly, the pulsing hum of cicadas, the aroma of freshly cut grass… I’m sure you have a favorite. To my mind, nothing says summer quite as definitively as the sight...
