By Brian Kluepfel Hallie Flanagan Wolfe lets me know this would be no walk in the park. “You may be a writer, but today I’m gonna put you to work,” she said. And that she does. Along with a
Read MoreThis article previously appeared on the birdmanwalking.com blog. By Brian Kluepfel A gray aspect to a dreary October Sunday that feels more like winter than fall: a drizzling rain, a biting western wind moves sodden clouds and even puffs of fog.
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel In our not-so-distant past, landlords, businesses and employers posted signs indicating “No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs.” It was clear that in the social hierarchy of the day, Blacks and Irish were considered less than second-class
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel The annual Teatown Hudson River EagleFest was celebrated last weekend, and though limited in pandemic times, it remains a crucial Hudson Valley event marking the preservation of our national bird and nature in general. Saw Mill
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel In his 1970 book “People of the Short Blue Corn: Tales and Legends of the Hopi Indians,” Harold Courlander includes the myth from the Southwest about how many of the birds received their calls. The legend of Yaalpa,
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel A friend stopped by to bless our new home with a bottle of wine, to commiserate about work, to shoot a few hoops. It was a pleasant, crisp late fall afternoon and we were in sterling
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel Although there are many reasons to become a birder, probably the primary reason many do so is because birds are visually stunning. Here in North America, where the number of avian species pales in comparison to
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel You might not look at the legendary actor and director Clint Eastwood as a spokesman for birds. But at least in his 1976 film, “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” a somewhat confusing morality play about a peaceful farmer turned
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel In 2018, while researching a book about Connecticut, I stumbled upon the life of author Edwin Way Teale, who lived in the state’s “Quiet Corner.” Teale’s four-part book series on the seasons, written between 1951 and 1965,
Read MoreThe bird sings in the forest. Does it seek to be admired for its song? -Kwai Chang Caine, Kung Fu A few years ago a young man came with his father to an Audubon Society event. Though he
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