A mere one day following the premiere of “Crash: A Tale of Two Species” on the award-winning PBS series Nature, the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council rejected by a vote of 5-4 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed moratorium on the harvest of Horseshoe Crabs. The information presented in “Crash” clearly and unequivocally […]
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Pollution, Asthma, and a Lesson from Ornithological History
Last night I had to be rushed twenty-five miles from my home to an urgent care facility (like many rural areas, our county of residence has no hospital) in order to treat a severe asthma attack. After spending some time on a nebulizer and presently under a regimine of Prednisone, I am slowly recovering from […]
Krista Tippett’s “Speaking of Faith” – an Excerpt
As the title of this site implies, I find something deep and profound in the contemplation of nature in all its myriad forms. From the time I was young, the natural world has always held both a physical as well as a metaphysical quality for me and it is in my observation of it that […]
Drab Little Birds Might Just Be Rarities
People often ask me why I stop to watch seemingly non-descript birds. I generally give them an answer that varies from philosophical to aesthetic, generally with an ecological twist. However from now on I am going to recount to them the possibility that the innocuous little grey bird bearing a strong resemblance to a dozen […]