Articles by Les Line

Slings and Arrows: Why Birders Love to Hate Blue Jays

By Les Line
January 20, 2012 — They’re smart, spectacular, and vocally versatile, so is the species really so bad?

Buying Time

By Les Line
September 08, 2011 — For bobolinks, savannah sparrows, and other birds that make their nests in hayfields, a delayed harvest can spell the difference between life and death. 

The Long View

By Les Line
September 06, 2011 — Isle Royale National Park draws visitors who like nature rugged and remote. It’s also the site of the longest-running study ever of a predator and its primary prey—even as global warming shows signs of upsetting the natur

New York City's High Line Park Will Soon Be Upstaged in Poughkeepsie

By Les Line
September 22, 2009

Tulips in the Treetops

By Les Line
June 01, 2009

My Own Close Call Over the Hudson

By Les Line
January 16, 2009

Caroling Coyotes

By Les Line
December 22, 2008

Pondering Pecans

By Les Line
December 05, 2008

Urban Black Bears Live Fast, Die Young

By Les Line
November 21, 2008

Favorite Woodland Flowers: Going, Going, Gone

By Les Line
November 16, 2008