Articles by Les Line

Slings and Arrows: Why Birders Love to Hate Blue Jays
January 20, 2012 — They’re smart, spectacular, and vocally versatile, so is the species really so bad?

Buying Time
September 8, 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. 
Twelve-mile-long Rock Harbor, on the island’s eastern end, on a gray day in September. Per Breiehagen

The Long View
September 6, 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
September 22, 2009 —

Tulips in the Treetops
June 1, 2009 —

My Own Close Call Over the Hudson
January 16, 2009 —

The miraculous splash landing of the U.S.

Caroling Coyotes
December 22, 2008 —

Pondering Pecans
December 5, 2008 —

Urban Black Bears Live Fast, Die Young
November 21, 2008 —

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