We all need little signs of spring. When the wind chill dips and another bout of cold weather shows up in the forecast, we start wishing and dreaming of spring more than ever. For gardeners, crocuses ...

With a body the color of dead leaves and a black “mask” extending behind the eyes, the wood frog is unmistakable if you can actually find one. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON During a recent lecture ...

“In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” the saying goes. The same may be said of birds. That’s because spring is when most birds turn to family obligations—they mate, ...

Michigan is transitioning from winter to spring. For proof, listen for the distinctive “conk-la-ree!” song of the red-winged blackbird. These boldly colored migratory birds spend the colder months in ...

My favorite part of watching birds in spring isn’t about watching them at all — it’s about listening. Many of the assorted sounds we refer to generally as “calls” are not season specific. Alarm calls ...

During the first week of April, the lengthening daylight reached 13 hours. Sunrise is about 6:40 a.m. and sunset nearly 7:40 p.m. Mornings are still chilly. Snow, rain, thundershowers, warmth and ...

In a sure sign of the changing seasons, migratory birds are slowly making their way back north right now. From tiny songbirds to enormous soaring cranes and eagles, spring’s earliest arrivers are ...

Most people think of spring as the season for listening to birds — with good reason. Spring is when the most birds are singing, performing those nesting season declarations of presence and prowess ...

Many of us think of the first signs of spring as being visual the first bird of spring or the first wildflower of spring. While there is plenty of debate on what species of bird constitutes the first, ...

When night falls, the frogs take over from the birds with their own music. Spring peepers peep, wood frogs quack and bark, chorus frogs trill, pickerel frogs imitate a wet balloon being rubbed and the ...

It was April 4 when I heard the first subtle sound of spring while mushing across the lake. The soft, brief, buzzy trill floated through a day so gray and snowy that several minutes passed before I ...

Orlando – Waves of two broods of cicadas will take over the Midwest and Southeastern United States this spring. According to entomologists, it will be an emerging event that hasn’t been seen since ...