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Bird of the Month: Northern Shrike

by Mary Birdsong2/18/2025, 8:00 AM

A bird of song and a bird of prey

Bird of the Month: Common Goldeneye

by Mary Birdsong1/16/2025, 12:00 PM

Eyes that light up winter

It Was Their Tern!

by Mary Birdsong11/12/2024, 8:00 AM

Common Terns make a comeback at Presque Isle State Park

The Jewels of Spring: Bird Banding Station Now Open

by Mary Birdsong5/2/2024, 12:00 PM

Erie Bird Observatory educates during migration season

Six Years, One Special Bird, and 27 Chicks Later

by Mary Birdsong10/20/2022, 3:00 PM

Since 2017, piping plovers and common terns have made themselves a home at Gull Point

Learning and Living on the Airwaves

by Mary Birdsong11/18/2020, 1:30 PM

WQLN steps up to the plate for Erie

Barracuda: A Show with Teeth

by Mary Birdsong8/3/2020, 1:59 PM

Ron Bayuzick, Tom Ferraro, and Brian Pardini on display at the 10/20 Collective

On the Road with COVID-19

by Mary Birdsong4/1/2020, 11:27 AM

Two conscientious adults try to salvage a vacation

A Trek through the Himalayas

by Mary Birdsong3/11/2020, 1:30 PM

Take your taste buds on a delicious, exotic journey

Brian Pardini: Listening to Wood

by Mary Birdsong1/29/2020, 9:30 AM

Trees, water, sand, time, and small miracles

The Twists and Turns of a River

by Mary Birdsong1/15/2020, 12:45 PM

The Erie County Poet Laureate and the Public Library collaborate to bring Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology to life

The Living, Breathing Woods

by Mary Birdsong8/14/2019, 9:15 AM

Rachel Burke takes us for a walk in a very gestural forest

Flora & Fauna

by Mary Birdsong7/17/2019, 8:45 AM

Larry Walczak's Romanticism for the 21st Century

Local Recycling: Sorting Things Out

by Mary Birdsong4/24/2019, 9:15 AM

Updates lead to problems, new solutions

A Walk in the Park

by Mary Birdsong11/7/2018, 9:15 AM

McClelland Park reinvention a boon for eastside recreationists

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