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While the federal Clean Air Act was enacted to protect humans from air pollution, it also has saved birds. The cleaner air resulting from the pollutio...

I was 16 years old and it was the day before Thanksgiving. Despite the early hour my mother, aunts and grandmother were busily cooking for tomorrow’s ...

Most of the people who read this column have probably seen a robin — and I’d guess that most of the people who have seen a robin have also heard a rob...

It’s the height of chicken barbecue season and local churches, fire departments, organizations and farms are all sharing in the tradition of slow-roas...

Turkey hunting is a time-consuming and often difficult sport. This year has been especially frustrating since birds I know are in the general vicinity...

PORTVILLE — The planet Earth is home to an amazing number and variety of birds. Over 10,000 different species of birds can be found globally with over...

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 ...

OLEAN — For the past five years, little and big hands alike have constructed bluebird nest boxes at Home Depot in Olean to help attract the beautiful ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Dr. Margaret C. Brittingham, professor of wildlife resources at Penn State University, will speak Monday at the University of Pittsbur...

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?” ...

The Thanksgiving Day meal represents many various traditions in different households. Whether you’re serving a turkey or a pot roast, let’s try to mak...

A special youth-only pheasant hunting weekend in Western New York is set for Oct. 12-13. The hunt occurs one week prior to the regular pheasant huntin...

Birders are listers: We keep lists of birds we’ve seen in our yards, in our county, in our state, in states that we visit, in counties that we pass th...

Most people don’t associate the dog days of summer with a time of great physical activity since the days are hot and the nights are still as the air s...

In the last column I discussed birding by ear, which is an important skill to develop for anyone who wants to identify birds after the leaves have com...

Just as Memorial Day represents the unofficial start of summer, so too does it represent the unofficial end of the spring bird migration that began wi...

WARBA, Minn. — In a dense forest of young alder, aspen and maple trees north of town, Debbie Petersen hollered for her dog, Riley, to slow down. She d...