April 29, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
The boreal forest circles the northern hemisphere like a "green scarf"
Credit: Global Forest Watch
The boreal forest is back in the news again for its increasingly recognized ability to absorb and...
April 26, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Clearcutting in Ontario's Boreal Forest
Credit: Jeff Wells
Some troubling news came up today: a new report published in the Annals of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found that the world's...
April 12, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Common Eider
Credit: Kirk Rogers
A few days ago someone posted on the Maine Birding listserve a sighting of a large flock of Common Eiders migrating up the Penobscot River in Maine. It brought back...
April 8, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Here are some interesting comments I received from my last post about some of the early migrants I've been able to record at night above my house in Maine. You can see the original post here >...
April 5, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
I started my automated recording station for the season here in Maine on Thursday night, April 1st. Although there were few calls each of the last three nights, the numbers increased a little each...
March 30, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
South Nahanni River
Credit: Larry Innes
Parks Canada is currently reviewing how much of the South Nahanni watershed to protect as part of its National Park Reserve system, and they want your help....
March 29, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Per Breiehagen positions himself for a shot during our birding expedition in northern Ontario in 2008, which resulted in a great feature article in Audubon Magazine about birds and the paper...
March 19, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A few weeks ago we posted an image of a fully black (melanistic) penguin. Originally shared by National Geographic, it was a truly bizarre and interesting spectacle. While melanistic penguins will...
March 16, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Last week US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the release of the 2010 State of the Birds Report, a collaborative report conducted by the DOI as well as several other notable bird and...
March 9, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Credit: Andrew Evans
A rare photo of a fully black (melanistic) penguin showed up on National Geographic Traveler's Intelligent Travel blog last week. Janelle Nanoson, who initially shared the image...
