The Fourth of July weekend begins today, and you'll soon hear the sound of firecrackers, cherry bombs and other pyrotechnics. But those aren't the only noises of the summer season. Mockingbirds sing a ...

Who would have imagined the response I’d get to my last column on the midnight melodies of mockingbirds? While discussing the frustrations of sleepless readers, I tossed out an invitation for ideas on ...

I was a bit concerned when a reader wrote to inform me that she was taking up arms against one of our local wildlife species. No, it wasn’t anything dangerous or smelly, like a rattlesnake, killer ...