September 15, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This week here in Maine we had a major push of Boreal migrants through the state. On Wednesday night a friend and I listened as nocturnal calls of southbound migrants rang out from above the house at...
September 4, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Some of you may remember the quest by artist Susan Beebe to paint, sculpt, or otherwise artistically depict all 300 of the regularly occurring Boreal birds. She has labored several years on this...
August 25, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A paper by Erin Bayne and colleagues reports on an amazing study that demonstrated for one of the first times, that industrial noise by itself, can cause a decrease in the density of birds near the...
August 13, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Credit: Bird Year
Do you remember your sophomore year in high school? It sort of fades in with all the others, doesn't it?
Malkolm Boothroyd's sophomore year, however, is one even I won't forget....
July 29, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
There has been a lot of celebration going around the blogosphere about Premier McGuinty's recent announcement that Ontario will protect 225,000 square kilometers (55 million acres) of Boreal forest....
July 18, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A record number of viewers read Jeff's blog earlier this week, which thanked Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty for his bold and decisive action to protect the Boreal Forest. It was a truly...
July 15, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Dear Premier McGuinty,
I don't know if you have ever heard the soft flutely song of a Swainson's Thrush but try to imagine three million of them singing at once. That's the sound emanating into the...
July 14, 2008 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Credit: Jeff Wells
I wasn't sure that Eddie would be joining me today (Monday, June 23) for early morning bird surveys and sound recording as he didn't stir until I was out of the tent. The early...
