Environment

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Bird of the Month: Purple Martins June 2026

by Mary Birdsong6/12/2026, 8:00 AM

Summer vacationers rent local digs

Tree Talk: Tuliptree

by Hannah Rhodes6/3/2026, 11:00 AM

The false Poplar

Bird of the Month: Black-throated Blue Warbler

by Mary Birdsong5/20/2026, 8:00 AM

Spring jewels of the forest

Tree Talk: Black Chokeberry

by Hannah Rhodes5/6/2026, 10:15 AM

Small and mighty

Bird of the Month: American Woodcock

by Mary Birdsong3/28/2026, 11:45 AM

It is time for timberdoodles!

Budding Birder? Take a Walk with Erie Bird Observatory

by Erica Stewart3/23/2026, 8:00 AM

Free monthly guided bird walks at LEAF

Bird of the Month: American Tree Sparrow

by Mary Birdsong2/23/2026, 11:00 AM

A rusty cap and a big heart

What's at the Bottom of Lake Erie?

by Dan Schank1/27/2026, 8:00 AM

Mapping our industrial, Indigenous, and geological past

Bird of the Month: Red-breasted Merganser

by Mary Birdsong1/23/2026, 8:00 AM

Punk rockers of the bird world

Bird of the Month: Yellow-rumped Warbler

by Mary Birdsong11/12/2025, 9:30 AM

Butter butts

Happy Trails: Erie on Track to Join Great Lakes Project

by Erie Reader Author10/22/2025, 8:00 AM

Erie County shoreline integral to proposed Great Lakes Waterfront Trail

Bird of the Month: Common Tern

by Mary Birdsong7/15/2025, 8:00 AM

Anything but common

Bird of the Month: Bank Swallows

by Mary Birdsong6/17/2025, 11:00 AM

Excavators with wings

IRG's Plastics Plan: Promising in Theory, Precarious in Practice

by Jeff Bloodworth5/23/2025, 8:00 AM

Funding, environmental questions lead to anticipated recycling facility being scrapped

Bird of the Month: Yellow Warbler

by Mary Birdsong5/21/2025, 8:00 AM

A sweet, sweet bird

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June 2026: Pride

Erie Reader: Vol. 16, No. 6

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