KISS my magnet – or may the Force be with you!

KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid – a great motto, at least for me, for the simpler it gets the more profound it seems to get and the simplest and most profound piece of science I remember from what? Elementary school? Junior High? I’m not sure. Maybe even high school. But it was at least [...]

Sno’ what! Well, Santa needs it, so enjoy ;-)

Hey, I know some folks don’t like snow, but me and Higgins are excited about what we saw as we looked out the window this morning. And all those kids expecting Santa CLaus know you can’t land a sleigh on a roof very easily without snow. So if you don’t like snow – and I [...]

Swims – yes swims – like an eagle!

Back in August of 2006 what started as a very casual, “let’s get out of the house” expedition, turned into the most memorable birding event of our lives. I wrote this account shortly afterwards and have decided to include it here. It was 4 pm on a Sunday and I was feeling kind of hum-drum, [...]

Bob’s Hawk

I love hawks and redtails are familiar to many of us, but my friend Bob Magnuson got to know one up close and personal and his story has a fascinating conclusion. Bob’s main interest these day’s is astronomy, but here’s his story from his youth growing up on a Massachusetts farm. The pictures of Bob’s [...]