Olean Times Herald

For as long as I’ve been writing this column I’ve generally focused on what could be described as the recreational or aesthetic aspects of birds — the...

If you’re looking for a silver lining in the clouds that are producing our May snowfall, consider that the cold temperatures are holding back the leav...

Jim Eckstrom, editor of the Olean Times Herald, wrote a column last fall about seeing river otters in the Allegheny National Forest while fishing the ...

There are three reasons why the weekend of March 14 was pretty special. First, it was the last weekend of winter and even though it was mild, that mak...

February is a paradox. On the one hand, it’s the shortest month of the year but it feels like the longest month to me. And we’re much closer to the st...

Pop quiz: When is a red-tailed hawk not a red-tailed hawk? While you ruminate on that tricky question consider that most birds of prey — including the...

What was my favorite sighting of the day during the 70th annual St. Bonaventure Audubon Christmas Count that was held on Dec. 15? That’s easy, it was ...

Far and away the question that I get most from readers is, “Where are my feeder birds?” Or, put another way, “Why aren’t birds coming to my feeders?” ...

To most people who follow weather events, a Nor’easter is a deep, low-pressure system making its way up the East Coast that dumps large amounts of wet...