by Kieran Lindsey | Nov 27, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD I don’t know what American grade school kids are being taught these days—my days at Oakville Elementary ended a couple of decades ago (okay, fine—several decades ago) so I don’t have direct access to 21st century homework assignments. But I’ll...
by Kieran Lindsey | Nov 13, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD [FYI… Feathered Feature is switching to a winter schedule of every-other-week posts. There are still plenty of birds in the park during the colder months but with everyone (that includes me) extra busy over the holidays, it seems like a...
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 | 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 | Jul 18, 2019 | Birds, Wildlife
BY KIERAN LINDSEY, PhD There’s been a marked decline in the number of sunspots over the past decade or so. That’s what NASA scientists say, and I have no reason to doubt their research findings. Luckily, I haven’t observed any reduction in the terrestrial version of...
